Anna Chapman Biography

Anna Chapman biography

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NAME: Anna Chapman
OCCUPATION: Spy
BIRTH DATE: February 23, 1982 (Age: 31)
EDUCATION: Moscow University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Volgograd, Russia
Originally: Anya Vasil’yevna Kushchyenko
ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces

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Anna Chapman became famous in June 2010, when she was arrested in New York and accused of spying for the Russian government.

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She also became an adviser to the head of FundserviceBank, a Moscow financial institution. While she has turned down movie roles, she has her own weekly television show called Mysteries of the World with Anna Chapman. Chapman has also been working in the country's venture capital industry, trying to raise funds for Russia's technology sector.

In June 2011, Chapman testified in the trial of Colonel Alexander Poteyev,

the man believed to have tipped off the United States about the spy ring. He was guilty of high treason and desertion in a military court, but he was convicted in absentia, having already fled the country. Around this time, Chapman took on another new role. She became the editor of Venture Business News magazine.