Yuri Shvets

This article is about the KGB officer. For the cinematic artist, see Yuri Pavlovich Shvets.
In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Borysovych and the family name is Shvets.

Yuri Shvets
Юрій Швець
Born (1953-05-16) 16 May 1953
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma mater
Academy of Foreign Intelligence
Espionage activity
Allegiance Soviet Union
AgencyKGB
Service years1980–1990
RankMajor
WebsiteYouTube channel

Yuri Borysovych Shvets (born 16 May 1953) 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.


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