Sergey Skvortsov and Elena Koulkova “seemed like everyone else” until police swooped on their home on the well-to-do island of Varmdo
In the months before they stopped posting updates on Russian social media, Sergey Skvortsov and Elena Koulkova appeared happy with their life in Sweden. In one picture taken in 2013, they smiled for the camera as they danced together.
Skvortsov, 59, and Koulkova, 58, from Moscow, settled in Saltsjo-Boo, an affluent area on the island of Varmdo in the Stockholm archipelago, in 2015, having secured residency in Sweden. “They seemed like everyone else in the area, they chatted about gardening and always greeted us in a friendly manner,” one neighbour said this week.
