# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aleksandr-poteyev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:09:14.365Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aleksandr-poteyev"
name: "Aleksandr Poteyev"
slug: "aleksandr-poteyev"
description: "Aleksandr Nikolayevich Poteyev is a former Colonel and Deputy Head of Directorate \"S\" of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) who revealed a hidden network of Russian spies known as the Illegals Program. He is believed to be living in the United States under an assumed identity."
tagline: "Former Russian intelligence officer"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1952-03-03"
deathDate: "2016-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.82
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.984798666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91"
    title: "אלכסנדר פוטייב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Nikolajewitsch_Potejew"
    title: "Alexander Nikolajewitsch Potejew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Poteyev"
    title: "Aleksandr Poteyev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%94%D1%94%D0%B2_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Потєєв Олександр Миколайович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Nikolajevitsj_Potejev"
    title: "Aleksandr Nikolajevitsj Potejev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Потеев, Александр Николаевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4374735"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump