| The possibility of a defecting system should not however be a hypothesis of departure. |
| At the same time several of his aides were quoted in the press as saying he was considering defecting. |
| At any rate, there's not a lot I can do right now to change things aside from defecting to the government and sicking them on the reformists. |
| He is disaffecting his far left, and they are defecting to his opponent again. |
| We have to add the risk of fines or jail into our calculations, and this may tip the balance in favour of cooperating rather than defecting. |
| In 1989, Zuyev was granted asylum in the USA after defecting from the Soviet Union in a MiG 29 and landing in Turkey. |
