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RUSSIAN spy Anna Chapman has revealed how she used her sex appeal to target men.

She also tells how she got a hedge fund job in London after winning a game of strip poker.

Russian spy Anna Chapman used her sex appeal to target men
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Russian spy Anna Chapman used her sex appeal to target menCredit: east2west news
Chapman reveals how she 'knew the effect' she had on men
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Chapman reveals how she 'knew the effect' she had on men
Chapman shares how 'English lords and Arab sheikhs' promised her a bright future
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Chapman shares how 'English lords and Arab sheikhs' promised her a bright futureCredit: east2west news

In her autobiography, Chapman, 42, says she was recruited while living in the capital after splitting from her Brit hubby.

She writes: “I knew the effect I had on men.

Nature had generously endowed me with a slim waist, a full chest and a cascade of red hair.

“All I needed was to emphasise it – which I did with simple yet sexy outfits, light makeup, and an effortless air about me.

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"I never wore jewellery – I didn’t feel the need for it.

“Most importantly, I didn’t try too hard to please.

“People can always sense when someone is desperate for approval, and it has the opposite effect.

“That’s what happens with overly dressed-up girls or overly chatty men. I never sought anyone’s approval – I simply was myself.

“And it worked like magic.”

“English lords and Arab sheikhs were kissing my hand flirtatiously, promising me a bright future.”

Chapman was arrested in New York in 2010 and returned to Russia in a prisoner exchange with Salisbury poisoning victim Sergei Skripal.

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