# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yuri-shvets
# Generated: 2026-09-04T21:10:39.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yuri-shvets"
name: "Yuri Shvets"
slug: "yuri-shvets"
description: "Yuri Borysovych Shvets is a former Soviet intelligence officer of Ukrainian origin. He was a Major in the KGB between 1980 and 1990. From April 1985 to 1987, he was a resident spy in Washington, D.C. While there, he held a cover job as a correspondent for TASS, a Soviet state-owned news agency. He left the KGB in September 1990."
tagline: "Former KGB officer"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/y8l7U99I6KQzQx6GjTetJH9XgGN.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1953-05-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           69.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.07117733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 87
totalFollowers: 1610000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/shvetsyoutube"
    handle:    "shvetsyoutube"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/yurishvets303"
    handle:    "yurishvets303"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2674837/"
    handle:    "nm2674837"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@yuryshvetsgav"
    handle:    "yuryshvetsgav"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb2oej0JtxlnywlqoSiHHVQ"
    handle:    "@yuryshvets"
    followers: 1610000
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Швець Юрій Борисович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B4%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "يوري شفيتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86"
    title: "Юрый Барысавіч Швец"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juri_Schwez"
    title: "Juri Schwez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Shvets"
    title: "Yuri Shvets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juri_%C5%A0vets"
    title: "Juri Švets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juri_%C5%A0vets"
    title: "Juri Švets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youri_Chvets"
    title: "Youri Chvets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%A5"
    title: "יורי שבץ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%87%D5%BE%D5%A5%D6%81"
    title: "Յուրի Շվեց"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joeri_Sjvets"
    title: "Joeri Sjvets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86%2C_%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Швец, Юрий Борисович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1713928"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2049771"
    title: "Yuri Shvets"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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