# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yuri-bezmenov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:15:36.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yuri-bezmenov"
name: "Yuri Bezmenov"
slug: "yuri-bezmenov"
description: "Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov was a Soviet journalist for Novosti Press Agency (APN). In 1970, as a member of the Soviet mission in New Delhi, India, Bezmenov defected to the West and was re-settled in Canada pursuant to an arrangement between US and Canadian security agencies."
tagline: "Russian journalist and whistleblower"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Portrait_of_Yuri_Bezmenov%2C_c._1985.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1939"
deathDate: "1993-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.549750513648371
  historical:           18.45569333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 244
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm7277110"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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