Background
Bezmenov, Iurii was born in 1939 in Mytishchi, near Moscow.
Bezmenov, Iurii was born in 1939 in Mytishchi, near Moscow.
Graduated from Moscow University in Oriental languages.
Employee of the Novosti Press Agency, later press attache at the Soviet Embassy in India, defected, 1970. Settled in Canada. Worked in the Russian Section of Radio Canada. Gave lectures in the USA and Canada on Soviet disinformation and the Committee for State Security.