Mikhail (((Brin))), father of Sergey (((Brin))):
Retired math professor at the University of Maryland, aka Clowns In America central. Major recruitment center.
http:// www.math.umd.edu/~mib/
Had to leave the Soviet Union because the Ruskies don't like (((them))). Also, Sergey was a graduate of Paint Branch Montessori School (Rudolph Steiner).
https:// www.jhsgw.org/exhibitions/online/voices/exhibition/legacy/profiles
The Brin Award is given semi-annualy in his honor. Need to do some more digging into this.
http:// www.personal.psu.edu/axk29/BrinPrize.html
Helped fellow Jewish defectors from the Soviet Union in the United States.
http:// dynkincollection.library.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/Freidlin%20May%2022%201987%20(English).pdf
My guess is there's some sort of KGB connection with him because of his mathematics background and possible cryptography knowledge, but I still need to find some sauce on that. Just a hypothesis.