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Rita Flores describes alleged FSB recruitment and escape from Russia
3years
Flores said her reported cooperation with the FSB lasted three years.
Former Pussy Riot member Rita Flores said Russian FSB officers threatened and recruited her to inform on activists and later sought her help targeting Pyotr Verzilov. She fled Russia at the end of August and has since made her account public.
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AllegedFlores said FSB officers recruited her after a police search in February 2023.
âShe was recruited after one of these police searches in February 2023, when two men stayed behind and introduced themselves as FSB officers, she said.â
- 3years
AllegedFlores said her reported cooperation with the FSB lasted three years.
âa cooperation she only broke when she fled the country last monthâ
AllegedFlores said the FSB threatened her with a criminal case and threats against her mother unless she signed cooperation papers.
âThey threatened to open a criminal case ... They also suggested they could arrange for her mother to be killed if she did not sign cooperation papers.â