A Russian woman who claims to have trained as a spy in the same military programme as Vladimir Putin has described how she was taught to 'seduce' her targets.

Born in the USSR, Aliia Roza was expected to follow in the footsteps of her father, a high-ranking military general, and join the military. She went on to undergo training as a spy, allegedly with the same people who trained the Russian president himself, and likened the experience to the 2018 film Red Sparrow.