Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Brits Revoke Chapman's Citizenship

Sigh! Now how will we be entertained by our favorite Russian spy? Any chance of an American reality show went kaput when she was shipped back to Moscow last week though she vowed to return to the UK, where we at least figured the tabloids would keep us up to speed.

And now that dream dies hard. Couldn't we work something out here? Maybe we can trade Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson or some other such undesirable. To think, the British have all sorts of human debris granted asylum there, why not someone with so much to offer?
Anna Chapman, one of the Russian spies deported from the United States, has been deprived of her British citizenship, the BBC understands.

She is expected to be "formally excluded" within the next few hours, meaning she cannot travel to the UK.

She was among 10 Russians arrested in the US who admitted to being agents for a foreign country.

Last week her lawyer said she would like to come to the UK as she has a UK passport through a previous marriage.

Russia agreed to exchange four US spies for the 10 Russian agents and the swap was carried out in Vienna on 9 July.

Ms Chapman, who is also known as Anya Kushchenko, is the daughter of a Russian diplomat.

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