The Inconsequential Spy

January 4, 2012 3:16 PM

The Big Russian Life of Anna Chapman
posted by vidur (10 comments total)

That she has since become a sex symbol both within and outside of Russia, well, I'm still not sure whether it is hilarious, pathetic, or both (or neither). Regardless, it strikes me as quite bizarre.

Also: holy photoshop, Batman! That Maxim cover is something else.
posted by asnider at 3:26 PM on January 4

Also: holy photoshop, Batman! That Maxim cover is something else.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure one of those blind cave fish could do a better photoshop job than that.
posted by ob at 3:30 PM on January 4

She was a decoy. The real GLG20s are still in the US under deep cover, busying themselves with ever increasing levels of access to military and industrial secrets.
posted by Burhanistan at 3:35 PM on January 4 [1 favorite]

Amazing article.
posted by empath at 3:36 PM on January 4

See what being pretty can do to one's interest in becoming not stupid?

BE POSITIVE ^.^
posted by basicchannel at 3:52 PM on January 4

That's a deeply sad article, in every respect. Contemporary Russia depresses me. The deserve better than this.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 4:25 PM on January 4

Well, that was engrossing and depressing.
posted by everichon at 4:56 PM on January 4

“These guys in the bank told me I can get however much money I need,” she explained to a friend. “I just tell them, and it’s there the next day.”

Yet according to the bank her compensation is well-deserved. She does nothing less than protect the planet from annihilation: “Chapman will address the theme of protecting the planet from asteroids, meteor showers and other factors that affect the civilization of the Cosmos.”

Hahah
posted by delmoi at 6:15 PM on January 4

The innocent culture of the West has no defense against the cultural weapon of forthright sexuality.

Oh dear.
posted by Halloween Jack at 1:23 PM on January 5

Yeah, i lol'd at that line.
posted by empath at 1:41 PM on January 5