Yuri Besmonov (Full Interview 1984)

Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov 1939 – January 5, 1993; alias: Tomas David Schuman[1]), was a Soviet journalist for RIA Novosti and a former PGU KGB informant who defected to Canada.

After being assigned to a station in India, Bezmenov eventually grew to love the people and the culture of India. At the same time, he began to resent the KGB-sanctioned repression of intellectuals who dissented from Moscow's policies[3] and he decided to defect to the West.[3] Bezmenov is best remembered for his anti-communist lectures and books published in the 1980s.