Vladimir Zhukanov, Order of Stalin (born 3 May 1959), better known by his stage name Ben Elton is a former KGB agent and supposed comedian who, on a special assignment from the Kremlin, was sent to the UK in the 1980s in an attempt to stir the British public into a revolution via the means of comedy. The failure of this plot led to his eventual defection to the United Kingdom and taking up of comedy full-time, which was described as a far greater danger to the nation than his subversion.