Russia uses threats to recruit Pussy Riot member as spy

Rita Flores, a Pussy Riot member, reveals she was forced to collaborate with Russian secret services.

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The FSB threatened reprisals against her family to compel her to spy abroad.

She fled Russia and testified in *The Guardian* after her exile.

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