Anna Chapman Watch: heading for Parliament

*She'll be in the "Polonium Poisoning Caucus." I suggested this as a likelihood for Anna some time ago. I still think she ought to be dating Julian Assange, though. First things first, maybe.

*"Anna Assange." Sounds great, doesn't it? It has to beat aspiring to political power while still tagged with the name of a seriously disgruntled ex-husband.

(((This just in – Anna has registered her ex-married name as a trademark.)))
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/01/oukoe-uk-annachapman-idUKTRE7106C820110201

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8292825/Former-Russian-spy-Anna-Chapman-preparing-for-career-as-an-MP.html

"Miss Chapman, 28, joined the youth wing or Young Guard of the party in December, becoming one of its most glamorous leaders. Revelling in her celebrity as one of the ten spies America deported last summer, her brief was to instil patriotism in young Russians.

"Now, she is going one step further, launching what looks like a campaign for parliamentary elections this December.

"Her first campaign event is expected to take place in her native Volgograd, a city in southern Russia formerly called Stalingrad, this week when she is due to take part in an official commemoration of the 68th anniversary of the Soviet defeat of the Nazis in the Battle of Stalingrad.

"Analysts say the move, combined with a planned visit to a local orphanage in March, looks like a calculated attempt to try to win a coveted spot on the local party list for the United Russia party.
"Chapman has started to make an energetic political career," Vitaly Arkov, a local political analyst, told the Nezavisimaya Gazeta national daily...."