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Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban saxophonist and clarinetist, who defected to the United States in 1980. Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet (Russian) dancer, who defected to Canada in 1974, while in Toronto, touring with the Kirov Ballet. [8] He later moved to the United States. Natalia Makarova, Soviet (Russian) dancer, who defected while in London in 1970.
Defected Records, or simply Defected, is a British independent record label specialising in house music recordings, compilation albums, events, publishing, artist bookings and management. Defected is one of the longest running independent labels in the UK . [ 1 ]
On November 24, 1960, Royal Afghan Air Force pilot Abdus Samad Fazli defected by flying his Piper Cub across the border to Pakistan. [1]On February 26, 1981, Afghan Air Force pilot Captain Jamal ud Din defected with his crew to Pakistan on board a Mil Mi-8T helicopter numbered 285, during post-maintenance flight test from Kandahar Air Base.
Defected in Paris after spending several years spying undercover in the west Pal Benko: Chess player: Hungary: 1957: Defected in Reykjavik following the World Student Team Championship Nicholas Shadrin: Naval officer: Russia: 1959: Defected in Sweden; later allegedly killed by the KGB Alexander Petrovich: Photographer: Russia: 1960
Some players defected during the Cold War. Rogelio Álvarez, who debuted in MLB in 1960, was barred from continuing his professional career in the United States, and defected from Cuba through Mexico in 1963. [3] Bárbaro Garbey left Cuba in the Mariel boatlift in 1980. [1]
This is a list of Soviet secret police officers and agents who have defected. Name Defection date Country of defection Comment Georgiy Sergeyevich Agabekov [1]
James Joseph Dresnok (Korean: 제임스 조지프 드레스녹, November 24, 1941 – November 2016) was an American defector to North Korea, one of seven U.S. soldiers to defect after the Korean War.
Martin James Monti (October 24, 1921 – September 11, 2000) was a United States Army Air Forces pilot who defected to Nazi Germany in October 1944, joined the Waffen-SS, and worked as a propagandist and writer. After the end of World War II, he was tried and sentenced for theft and desertion. Monti was granted clemency six months later.