 FACT: When depicting the two Russian KGB officers who are given up  by Hanssen, the officers are shown getting out of a black Mercedes  flying a Russian flag and bearing a red license plate beginning with  036. In fact, red license plates in Russia denote foreign diplomats  and 036 in particular denotes Iran. The correct license place color  would have been black, which denotes a military vehicle. The license  plates last two digits, 77, were correct in that they denoted the  geographic area of Moscow, which is where Linneys character said  the Russian officers were brought.