In "The Americans", Soviet agents are given full American identities and live undercover in plain sight. Do we have any evidence for the reverse also happening, i.e. Americans living in Russia under assumed identities as "average" citizens?

by ExiledToTerminus
DerbyTho

You might be interested in this old but very good answer from u/restricteddata about the imbalance between Soviet and American intelligence in the Cold War.

That said I would be hopeful the last 7 years has had more to offer, especially given the additional time that has elapsed since the fall of the Soviet Union.