Former Russian spy proposes to Edward Snowden via Twitter
Staff Reporter 2013-07-05 15:07
Anna Chapman proposed to Snowden on her twitter account. (Internet Photo)
US whistleblower Edward Snowden recently received a marriage proposal from former Russian spy Anna Chapman via twitter during his stay in the transit zone of a Moscow airport, reports the Global Times, a tabloid under the auspices of the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily.
Snowden has been charged by US authorities for leaking documents detailing a wide-scale internet and phone surveillance program operated by the US National Security Agency. The former NSA contractor is currently waiting in the the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport for positive responses after he applied for asylum in 21 countries but so far 10 nations have rejected his request.
Anna Chapman, a former Russian spy deported from the United States in 2010, asked Snowden to marry her through her Twitter account on Jul. 3. Chapman had previously worked as a real estate agent in New York but was accused of being part of a Russian spy ring with nine others. Before her deportation in 2010 as part of a spy exchange, the red-haired Chapman admitted that she was working for Russia as a foreign agent.
The 31-year-old Chapman is currently a national celebrity and model in Russia and hosts a popular television program called Secrets of the World.
