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.
Khrushchevová (62) is a professor at The New School in New York and since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, she has traveled to Russia several times for research. The Russian TASS agency, referring to the Department of Justice, wrote, that Khrushchev spread false information about Russian politics and spoke out against a “special military operation” in Ukraine.
“It would be remiss of them not to do so sooner or later. There is certainly historical irony, 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.
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.
