Former FSB Pussy Riot Member Lifts Lid on Russia Escape
Rita Flores says FSB officers threatened her mother and pushed her to help target activist Pyotr Verzilov over three years.
- Former Pussy Riot member Margarita Konovalova, also known as Rita Flores, revealed last month that the Russian Federal Security Service recruited her to spy on Kremlin critics following threats from agents.
- Agents threatened to open a criminal case over her Instagram posts criticizing Russian killings in Ukraine and to kill her mother to ensure compliance, causing her to confess, "I believed they could do everything they said."
- Flores recalled two officers: junior handler Ivan, who acted friendly, and a senior officer she called "the Jacket," who made direct threats, including warning, "if you go abroad they'll find you immediately and kill you."
- The FSB ordered Flores to arrange a meeting in Serbia with activist Pyotr Verzilov, a former Pussy Riot member fighting for Ukraine, where they planned to kidnap and kill him.
- After three years of cooperation, Flores fled Russia in August, noting the chilling effect on the art world where artists now avoid strong statements because "we were forbidden from saying anything.
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Pussy Riot activist Rita Flores was part of the Russian secret service. She told the Guardian that she was forced to cooperate.
At the end of August, Rita Flores revealed herself as a former informant for the Russian domestic intelligence service FSB: Now the former Pussy Riot activist has revealed details of how her handlers blackmailed her.
The 29-year-old woman interviewed by the Guardian after fleeing Russia in August (ANSA)
Rita Flores tells in an interview with the "Guardian" how Putin's "Fsb" has moved him to betray his colleagues of the dissident: "Two agents threatened me and my family, I was afraid"
Rita Flores has given her first interview since fleeing Russia to the British newspaper The Guardian.
Rita Flores, From Pussy Riot to Russian Intelligence: "They Forced Me to Infiltrate the opposition."
From protests against the Kremlin to missions on behalf of the Russian secret services. It is the path told by Rita Flores, 29 years old, artist and activist who was part of the collective...
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