Russian authorities classified Nina Khrushcheva as a foreign agent for criticizing the war in Ukraine. The great-granddaughter of the Soviet leader talks about bitter historical irony.
The American academic and great-granddaughter of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev Nina Khrushchev was described by the Russian Ministry of Justice on Friday as the so-called foreign agent. TASR informs about it according to a Reuters report.
- The Russian Ministry of Justice labeled Nina Khrushcheva as a foreign agent.
- Nina Khrushchevová is a professor at The New School in New York.
- Khrushcheva has traveled to Russia repeatedly since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
- Russian authorities accused her of spreading false information and criticizing the military operation.
- Foreign agents in Russia face strict bureaucracy and mandatory labeling of their contributions.
Khrushchev (62) is a professor at The New School in New York and has traveled to Russia several times for research since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022. The Russian TASS agency, citing the Ministry of Justice, wrote that Khrushcheva spread false information about Russian politics and opposed the “special military operation” in Ukraine.
The historical irony of the Khrushchev family
“It would be careless on their part if they didn’t do so sooner or later. There is certainly a historical irony in this, but nothing shocking. When Stalin is up, Khrushchev is down,” the American academic responded to Reuters’ questions.
Nikita Khrushchev led the Soviet Union from 1953 until his resignation in 1964 due to “advanced age and health reasons”. The hard core of the Politburo accused him of subjectivism, bourgeois thinking and hasty solutions. At the same time, he was the leader who in 1954 incorporated the Crimean peninsula under the administration of Ukraine.
Laws for foreign agents
Reuters explains that those designated as foreign agents are subject to strict bureaucratic requirements and income restrictions in Russia. They are also required to use the label “foreign agent” in social media posts or anything else they publish.
