Anna Chapman

Sexy spy Anna Chapman joins sinister youth wing of Russian PM Vladimir Putin's party

BY LUKAS I. ALPERT
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Wednesday, December 22nd 2010, 4:21 PM

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Anna Chapman, who was deported on charges of espionage, on stage with the Young Guards.

"Let's dream about the boldest things," the flame-haired Chapman, clad in a fire engine red dress  said at a Moscow news conference. "Let's start changing the country by changing ourselves first.Super sexy Russian spy Anna Chapman added a little flair to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's sinister political party Wednesday by joining its youth wing.

Rather than disappear into obscurity since being busted with nine other spies in the US this summer, Chapman has embraced a highly public persona and adoring fan base.

The smoking hot secret agent will grace the pages of Playboy in January, albeit in pictures snapped years ago by her ex-hubby rather than the usual glossy spread.

Chapman, 28, recently stripped to her underwear for a Russian men's magazine. In the fall she appeared at the launch of a spacecraft at the Russian Cosmodrome.

She also has become the public face of a Russian bank that finances the space industry.

Chapman was mum about her duties for the Young Guard's of Putin's United Russia party, but rattled off a series of pleasantries instead.

"There would be less negativity in society if each of us woke up with a smile," she said. "If each of us greets each day with joy, then you can create something new and useful."

The youth group's leader, Timur Prokopenko, said simply that Chapman was "the heroine of her generation."

The Young Guards is known for its anti-U.S. rhetoric and violent harassment of Kremlin critics. Some members have been linked to Neo-Nazi groups.

The Young Guards recently called for action against a journalist who challenged the government and he was later brutally beaten by unidentified assailants.

The group was among many created by the Kremlin in the mid-2000s to prevent youth "color revolutions" similar to those that swept pro-Western governments to power in neighboring countries.

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