The Woman Who Helped Nureyev Defect Speaks About It After 50 Years

“‘I said to him, ‘You see these two men, French police, you have to go to them,’ ‘ says Ms Saint in a program to be aired by the BBC. ‘It’s like in a ballet. He jumped. The French policemen took him, and then there was a fight between one of the policemen and one of the bodyguards. The French policeman said to the Russian: ‘Don’t touch me’, screaming ‘Vous etes en France ici.’ ‘”