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Anna Chapman

Anna Chapman 

Name: Anna Chapman

Birth Name: Anna Vasil’yevna Kushchyenko

Born: February 23, 1982,

Birthplace: Volgograd, Soviet Union (Russia)

 

Anna Vasil’yevna Chapman (maiden name: Anna Vasil’yevna Kushchyenko (b. February 23, 1982)) is a Russian woman who spied on the United States on behalf of the Russian government while living in New York City and was arrested along with nine others Russian spies on June 27, 2010. She and the others worked for the Russian Federation's external intelligence/spy agency, the SVR . Chapman pleaded guilty in U.S. Federal Court to a charge of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. Attorney General. She and the other spies were deported back to Russia on July 8, 2010, as part of a Russia–United States prisoner exchange.

Once Anna Chapman's image appeared in the media, along with news of her arrest, the media became obsessed with the beautiful, red-haired spy, referring to Chapman variously as the "flame-haired beauty," "the femme fatale," or "the modern-day Bond girl," and "the stunning SoHo spy."

Since returning to Russia, Anna Chapman has become a national (and international) celebrity, appearing alongside Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and on television talk shows. Anna Chapman also appeared in a photo shoot for Maxim magazine.

Anna Chapman

Anna Chapman

Anna Chapman (then known by her maiden name as Anna Kushchyenko) lived in the United Kingdom prior to moving to the United States. While in Britain, she married an Englishman, Alex Chapman, and gained British citizenship. With her British passport, and her English-sounding name, she easily fit into New York society. Her ex-husband told the media that Anna Chapman's father had been a high KGB offiicial.

The government of the United Kingdom revoked her British citizenship on July 13, 2010.

In June, 2011, Anna Chapman served as a witness in the trial of Alexander Poteyev, a Russian double agent who fled to the U.S. just prior to Anna Chapman and her fellow spies were arrested by U.S. authorities. The belief was that Poteyev betrayed Chapman and the rest of the spy ring to which she belonged.

Poteyev was tried in absentia in a Russian military court and found guilty of state treason and desertion. Poteyev was sentenced to 25 years in jail, and was stripped of his military rank and an award he earned in the Soviet Union's war in Afghanistan. Poteyev is still believed to be hiding in the Unites States.

Anna Chapman

Anna Chapman

Video interviews of Anna Chapman:

Video of Anna Chapman Interview with the Mirror.UK Part 1

Video of Anna Chapman Interview with the Mirror.UK Part 2

Video of Anna Chapman Interview before her arrest as a spy

Video of Anna Chapman photo shoot in Moscow

 

 

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Family

Vasiliy Kushchyenko --Father

Irina Kushchyenko --Mother

Alex Chapman --Husband (divorced 2006)

Education:

 MA, Economics: Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Moscow)

Links and Resources on Anna Chapman

Anna Chapman Explains The Secrets of the World --ABC News, Jan 12, 2011?

Anna Chapman's father may have had 'serious Kremlin connections --The Telegraph. July 10 2010

Russian spy Anna Chapman is stripped of UK citizenship-- BBC News. July 13, 2010

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