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Vladimir Pasechnik
Soviet biologist (1937-2001) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 64
Vladimir Artemovich Pasechnik was a senior Soviet biologist and bioweaponeer who defected to the United Kingdom in 1989, alerting Western intelligence to the vast scope of Moscow's clandestine biological warfare (BW) programme, known as Biopreparat.
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His revelations that the program was ten times larger than previously suspected were confirmed in 1992 with the defection to the United States of Colonel Kanatjan Alibekov, the No. 2 scientist for the program.
Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2001 · aged 64
