Word: belenko
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that he wanted to defect. It was the first such move by any of the estimated 85,000 Soviet military personnel who have occupied the country since last winter's invasion. Before long, the mysterious enlisted man had become the most prominent Soviet military defector since Lieut. Viktor Belenko flew his MiG-25 to Japan in 1976. The defection sparked off an international row and added an unpredictable new irritant to already testy U.S.-Soviet relations...