13 January,2011 07:41 AM IST | | Agencies
The red-headed Russian spy Anna Chapman will add to her colourful portfolio by presenting a weekly television show about mysterious phenomena, a television channel spokeswoman said yesterday.
Chapman will host a weekly show called Secrets of the World with Anna Chapman on Ren TV, a channel known for its independent political reporting, said a spokesman for the channel, Marina Volodina.
Agent 36-24-36: Anna Chapman
The show will be experimental and will investigate the "most mysterious phenomena of the modern world," Volodina said, but added that the channel would not reveal any details until the first show airs on January 21.
Since being extradited from the United States in a high-profile spy swap in July last year, Chapman has made attention-grabbing public appearances, posing in underwear for a men's magazine and waving off Russian cosmonauts.
In December, she gave her first television interview to state-owned Channel One television, appearing on a popular talk show along with her mother and sister, although she declined to speak about her espionage activities.
She also acted in a comedy spoof of a famous Soviet spy series that was aired on New Year's Eve on the same channel, where she played the role of the companion of an undercover Soviet spy in Germany during World War II.
Cover girl
Not shying from publicity, Chapman posed for Russia's Maxim magazine last year clad in skimpy black lingerie, complete with suspender belt with her finger poised on the trigger of a gun.
