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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 (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. 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 Sources: "The
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Family Vasiliy
Kushchyenko
--Father Irina
Kushchyenko
--Mother Alex
Chapman
--Husband
(divorced 2006) Education: 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 Site
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