A former KGB-trained spy has warned that Russian and Chinese female agents are still using seduction, psychological manipulation and covert relationship-based tactics to extract secrets from Western targets. Aliia Roza, 41, who now lives in Beverly Hills, said she was trained from the age of 18 at a KGB military academy reserved for the children of top officials, the same programme Russian President Vladimir Putin attended in 1975. Born to a high-ranking military officer and the granddaughter of a decorated Second World War national hero, Roza said her personal ambitions were dismissed as she was funnelled into espionage training.
She said she was one of only four women selected out of 350 recruits to learn specialised seduction and psychological influence techniques designed to break down the defences of high-value male targets, turning emotional connections into intelligence sources. Her training, she said, included explicit lessons in s3x techniques tailored for covert operations. When we were enrolled, we were told not to share these techniques with anyone, not even our colleagues or friends, she said. Lots of it is about psychological techniques, the psychology of men, for example, what are their weaknesses? What are their needs? What are they scared of? What do they desire? When you learn the psychology of different personalities, you understand how to manipulate, how to make them do what you want.
She added: Its subtle manipulation where they dont know theyre being manipulated, they think its good for them and this is what they need when its all a set up. We were taught how to create that atmosphere around the target. After graduating, Roza joined the FSB, the modern successor to the KGB, and was assigned to infiltrate drug and human-trafficking syndicates. She said the methods she learned are still being used today by Russian and Chinese operatives targeting Western governments, including the UK and US. It follows accusations this week from MI5 alleging that two women, Amanda Qiu and Shirly Shen, operating as recruiters on LinkedIn, were involved in espionage attempts against Westminster. Roza warned: Russia and China are the only two countries where they would use psychological relationship and manipulate people through this relationship, like love bombing, honeytrap The standards of human rights are so high that they [Western countries] cannot do this. But in China and Russia, they use human connections because this is the easiest way and also the cheapest way.
Roza said her last and most dangerous assignment involved infiltrating a powerful drug gang by seducing its leader, a man she identifies only as Vladimir. Intelligence she gathered allegedly led to multiple busts. But when her cover was blown, she said Vladimirs associates dragged her into the woods and beat her, leaving her with a permanent scar above her right eye. She claims Vladimir saved her life by preventing them from killing her, only to be murdered himself months later. Following his warning that she should leave Russia, Roza fled first to Turkey, then Europe, and eventually the United States, where she lives with her young son. She remained silent about her past for almost twenty years, she said, but ultimately revealed her identity after receiving threats and on the advice of an immigration lawyer. I have received so many very bad messages, bad calls, telling me they would kidnap my son or kill me, she said. When I moved to the US, if I hadnt revealed my identity, my background, I would have been deported. My immigration lawyer advised me to go public and to speak openly about it. Secondly, I would like to bring awareness for people to understand how secret intelligence manipulation and tactics work. Roza now works as an empowerment coach and public speaker, helping people recognise manipulation both in relationships and business. Her Instagram shows red carpet appearances, celebrity encounters and motivational posts.
I now coach women on how to be self-confident, how to spot manipulation, especially in relationships with men, because Ive been manipulated, she said. I was literally s3x-trafficked myself by my commanders and my superiors, but at the time, I didnt know that. I realised that after. She warned that unlike Hollywood portrayals, espionage work is extremely dangerous: All my students are like its so cool, I also want to be an agent but the thing is, its a very dangerous job. And its a hidden job, people dont know how many female agents actually died and sacrificed themselves for civilians to sleep peacefully at night. I try to bring awareness for people to understand this is not like a movie, its not like James Bond, romanticised character.
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