| 单词 | Brezhnev |
| 例句 | The Russian prime minister, Leonid Brezhnev, wrote to Dr. Verwoerd asking for leniency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Leonid Brezhnev, who succeeded Khrushchev as Soviet leader in 1964, had given the KGB nearly unlimited power over Soviet society. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I guess that was sort of comforting—and I bet it made Leonid Brezhnev tremble in his boots—especially if he really did have it in for Camillo Junior High. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z With Angleton gone, the Operations Directorate maneuvered for new opportunities to penetrate deep into the heart of Brezhnev's secretive and rigid government. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I don’t think that any of us really believed that Leonid Brezhnev was sitting in the deep, dark rooms of the Kremlin, plotting to drop an atomic bomb on Camillo Junior High. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I guess Leonid Brezhnev was still at it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Baba believed Carter had unwittingly done more for communism than Leonid Brezhnev. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the 1970s, under Brezhnev, the feeling was not merely of no progress but of retrogression. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Brezhnev is massacring Afghans and all that peanut eater can say is I won’t come swim in your pool.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z So does President Jimmy Carter when he reminisces about his tenure and his Soviet counterpart, Leonid Brezhnev. Review: ‘The White House: Inside Story’ on PBS 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Tsinev was a close personal friend of Leonid Brezhnev; in fact, he was related by marriage, and they had fought alongside each other in the war. T Magazine: First Man Up 2011-03-08T14:00:35Z In Moscow, Leonid Brezhnev is near death and glasnost is still a few years away. The return of FX’s masterful ‘The Americans’ — a Cold War with perfect chill 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The Soviet hippy movement emerged in Moscow and Leningrad around 1966 and 1967, in the early years of Leonid Brezhnev’s rule. Life in the 'hairy underground': the lost history of Soviet hippies 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Judah likens Russia's president not to Leonid Brezhnev – another Russian leader who hung on to power too long – but to Nicholas II. Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love With Vladimir Putin by Ben Judah – review 2013-06-27T11:00:02Z Former President Jimmy Carter remembers looking at a globe in the Oval Office and imagining himself in the position of the Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev in Moscow. What’s on TV Tuesday 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z It is, as the movie asserts, a no-brainer for the paper of record to go big and hard with, say, the 1982 death of the Soviet Communist Party leader Leonid I. Brezhnev. Review: ‘Obit’ Follows the Team That Writes Death Notices for The Times 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Rather, he would repeatedly be calling Brezhnev and Andropov strong leaders and praising their intelligence and their brutal decisiveness in confronting the slightest manifestations of ideological dissent. A Reagan-Trump-U.S.S.R. Winter Dream 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The Brezhnev era was typified by cynical dementia. Books of The Times: Directly Confronting the Appalling 2011-04-04T22:00:07Z They include the famous image of boxy East German Trabant car that appears to burst through the wall; and a fraternal communist kiss between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and his East German counterpart, Erich Honecker. Berlin wall removal project stalls amid protests 2013-03-01T13:58:17Z Leonid Brezhnev It's easy to forget how icy the cold war got in 1981. Six reasons to watch The Americans 2013-06-01T23:05:42Z They are, well, something else, the whole lot: Putin, Medvedev, and before, Brezhnev, Khrushchev, and Stalin and, the rotter of the lot, Lenin. Recounting a Life of Disobedience 2010-05-21T11:30:00Z When Medvedev began to slander Leonid Brezhnev, the KGB was pushed to act. Mr Putin, Operative in the Kremlin by Fiona Hill and Clifford G Gaddy – review 2013-05-10T08:00:02Z Indeed, when Reagan comes back to work, he writes a personal letter to Soviet Union chief Leonid Brezhnev, opening doors to talks. TV presidents can do anything, except declare themselves as good Republicans 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z For the last century, their names were overshadowed by Lenin and Stalin, Khrushchev and Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Yeltsin and, finally, Putin. Books Of Style: ‘Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy’ and ‘The Summer Palaces of the Romanovs: Treasures From Tsarskoye Selo’ 2012-11-05T18:41:09Z It seems likely that the Brezhnev administration wanted the docking to take place on or around May Day. T Magazine: First Man Up 2011-03-08T14:00:35Z Wall posters in Beijing showed his face covered with swastikas; he was denounced as a lackey of both Benito Mussolini and the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Forgotten Masterpiece: Antonioni’s Travelogue From China 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Leonid Brezhnev “appeared fully rectangular from every angle”; a childhood bully’s “thick prescription lenses shrank his eyes to furious raisins.” Writing a Family Memoir When Your Grandfather Was Stalin’s Bodyguard 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z TV and will air after the Sons of Anarchy finale Tuesday night, shows the characters after the death of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1982. Watch the New Teaser for 'The Americans' Season 3 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z When asked in 1968 to address a Congress of the Soviet Writers' Union, with Brezhnev present, he denounced the abhorrent abuses of human rights they had carelessly allowed him to observe and record. Alan Sillitoe obituary 2010-04-25T14:15:00Z The Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev, on the other hand, was “really flummoxed” by the Chinese decision to launch an attack early the following year on his country’s South-East Asian ally with almost 250,000 troops. Still in the shadows 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z In the ’60s and ’70s under Leonid Brezhnev, the BAM inspired a nationwide movement of students, engineers, workers and artists to lend a hand in opening the wilderness — a sort of Russian Works Progress Administration. The Other Siberian Railroad 2012-08-10T18:28:44Z Although Sergei still believes in Communist ideals, Soviet life under Brezhnev is so immobilized by bureaucracy that it is becoming dysfunctional. | 'Farewell': Emir Kusturica in Christian Carion?s Spy Film 2010-07-22T21:46:00Z As Shiv says, their old man wanted “to poison Brezhnev and hang Mandela,” so navigating by what Kendall calls “Dad maps” may not always be the best idea. ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 5 Recap: Bleed the Swede 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The same year, Boney M became the first Western music group invited by a Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev, to perform in the Soviet Union. Pop singer Bobby Farrell dies on tour in Russia 2010-12-30T13:44:07Z “It’s not like during Communist times under Brezhnev” when “people say, ‘I love Communism,’ but we never believe in it. In Putin’s Nationalist Russia, a Tolstoy as Cultural Diplomat 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z He was profoundly depressed that he hadn’t been able to persuade Brezhnev to cancel Komarov’s launch. T Magazine: First Man Up 2011-03-08T14:00:35Z A ringing affirmation of revolutionary idealism as embodied in Lenin, the play implicitly attacked the sclerotic, cynical system of the Brezhnev years and the malign, lingering influence of Stalin. Mikhail Shatrov, Outspoken Soviet Playwright, Dies at 78 2010-05-26T15:59:00Z With the ailing dinosaur Brezhnev mired in the Afghanistan war and Reagan freshly in the White House reversing 70s detente, the nukes stockpiled alarmingly. Six reasons to watch The Americans 2013-06-01T23:05:42Z The Brezhnev era was, in Mikhail Gorbachev’s words, “the period of stagnation”. 'There are no different truths': the last years of Soviet cinema 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z If Leonid Brezhnev had left office before he died, he would be remembered more as a Communist strongman than as a comatose one. The TV Watch: Larry King Goes Gently From CNN 2010-06-30T20:55:00Z Arguably, this pattern had already emerged under Khrushchev, but it truly came of age under Brezhnev. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z For the Soviets, this was a successful application of the Brezhnev Doctrine, the pledge to assist communist governments in danger of being overthrown. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Later that year he met in Moscow with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, setting the stage for arms control agreements and a new era of detente in the midst of the Cold War. Column: What I learned about myself at the Richard M. Nixon museum 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The video showed images of Soviet cosmonauts, writers such as Fyodor Dostoevsky and leaders such as Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. Russia's Medvedev snaps back after U.S. appeal over Ukraine war 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Khrushchev was ousted in 1964 in a vote by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, which was led by Leonid Brezhnev. Fallen colossus: USSR’s terror, triumphs began 100 years ago 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z He was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev, a lifelong communist bureaucrat. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z This effort to improve U.S. relations with China threatened to isolate the Soviet Union, so in turn the Soviets agreed to hold a Moscow Summit meeting between Brezhnev and Nixon in May 1972. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Saturday’s memorial ceremony took place in the Pillar Hall of the old Soviet House of Unions, which was also the site of memorials for Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Leonid Brezhnev. Russia buries Gorbachev and his legacy of glasnost 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z It was Gorbachev’s reforms of “perestroika, restructuring, and “glasnost,” openness, that ended the stagnation of the Leonid Brezhnev years, freed political prisoners and opened Moscow to the West. From Gorbachev to Putin: How economics failed Russia 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z In the Brezhnev years, Washington and Moscow engaged in the so-called “detente” period that saw several arms treaties signed, improved trade relations and the Apollo-Soyuz spacecraft docking, the first joint mission in outer space. Fallen colossus: USSR’s terror, triumphs began 100 years ago 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z During Brezhnev’s tenure as the Soviet premier, another eastern bloc nation tried unsuccessfully to break away from Soviet domination: Czechoslovakia. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Gorbachev's body will lie in state on Saturday in Moscow's Hall of Columns, a grand venue near the Kremlin that hosted the funerals of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin and Leonid Brezhnev. Putin no-show at Gorbachev funeral sends deliberate message - veteran journalist 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The war in Afghanistan, launched by a coterie around Brezhnev, turned into a quagmire. Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Andropov took power in 1982 on the death of Leonid Brezhnev, who had for 18 years led Moscow through a gentle decline that reformers branded the "era of stagnation". Gorbachev ended Cold War but presided over Soviet collapse 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z This sarcastic line became popular in the Brezhnev era as the economy staggered through low and even negative growth. Fallen colossus: USSR’s terror, triumphs began 100 years ago 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z There were no “checks and balances” to hold back corruption either, and by the Brezhnev era political connections were far more important than was any kind of heartfelt devotion to Marxist theory. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the first general secretary to have been born after the 1917 revolution and was seen as a breath of fresh air after the stagnation of the Leonid Brezhnev years. Obituary: Mikhail Gorbachev - Soviet leader who helped end Cold War 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z He scrapped the “Brezhnev doctrine” of Soviet support for socialist countries. Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z When Mr. Kulakov, who was seen as a possible successor to Mr. Brezhnev, died in 1978, Mr. Gorbachev was chosen to deliver the funeral oration. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z A Soviet general secretary, Leonid Brezhnev, unveiled the monument in 1981: a figure of a woman, a sword in her right hand and a shield in her left emblazoned with the Soviet hammer and sickle. Defiance is the mood of the day as Ukrainians celebrate their independence. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Continuing his strategy of pitting one Communist nation against another, in May 1972, Nixon made another newsworthy trip, traveling to Moscow to meet with the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z With paint and a ladder, he recreated a larger-than-life version of a 1979 photo of a kiss between Mr. Brezhnev and Mr. Honecker. Dmitri Vrubel, Who Planted a Kiss on the Berlin Wall, Dies at 62 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Visiting global leaders like Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev and Dwight Eisenhower spoke at huge public meetings using Motwane's microphones. Independence Day: How Chicago Radio became the voice of India's freedom 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z As a Time magazine biography noted, “There on the narrow platform stood four men who would rule the Soviet Union in succession: Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko and Gorbachev.” Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z It is this generation — not Putin’s close circle that increasingly resembles Leonid Brezhnev’s aging Politburo — that will shape Russia’s destiny in the coming years. Opinion | Even from prison I can see opposition to Putin’s war growing 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Officials have been warning for decades, since the Soviet Union was run by Leonid Brezhnev, that the country had to wean its income off hydrocarbons. Russia’s bank chief calls for economic ‘perestroika,’ away from raw exports. 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Honecker was out of a job, and Mr. Brezhnev was dead. Dmitri Vrubel, Who Planted a Kiss on the Berlin Wall, Dies at 62 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z This explains why few are aware of the fact that three Soviet general secretaries — Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev and Konstantin Chernenko — were either born or raised in Ukraine. Putin’s real goal in Ukraine isn’t territory 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The meeting was apparently enough to convince Mr. Brezhnev that Mr. Gorbachev was the man to take over the agriculture portfolio for the Central Committee. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The blue surgical gloves initially gave the men the appearance of medical officials, but they introduced themselves as Volodymyr and Serhiy Brezhnev, the dead man's father and brother. Collecting the dead in Bucha 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z He soon was rendered a nonperson within the Soviet Union, as his successor Leonid Brezhnev assumed the leadership. Analysis: War, economy could weaken Putin’s place as leader 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Indeed, the painting’s satirical simplicity and power to shock were so resonant that it has often been copied, with other leaders subbing in for Mr. Brezhnev and Mr. Honecker. Dmitri Vrubel, Who Planted a Kiss on the Berlin Wall, Dies at 62 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Kaminsky was born just a few years before Leonid Brezhnev died, and he can remember his parents reciting funny stories to each other in the old Soviet Union. In Ukraine, humor has become a weapon of war 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z His opinion may have been fortified by Mr. Gorbachev’s admiring critique of Mr. Brezhnev’s recently ghostwritten memoir, “Little Land.” Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Putin is obviously a more formidable adversary, harder to deal with than even Leonid Brezhnev or Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Ukraine crisis: The free world fights back against Putin 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z After the Prague Spring of rallies supporting more freedom, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev decided to crack down. When Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia, Nixon promised not to ‘embarrass’ LBJ 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z “When I first saw the Berlin Wall, I knew exactly what I wanted to paint: Brezhnev and Honecker,” he said in the 2013 interview. Dmitri Vrubel, Who Planted a Kiss on the Berlin Wall, Dies at 62 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Brezhnev clamped down on those who dared to protest his policies. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Reported to have been disgusted by the corruption, Mr. Andropov sought to stem it, but knew that to do so he would have to circumvent the men around Mr. Brezhnev. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z “I don’t think anyone could really argue that Putin is worse than Brezhnev,” Stegner said of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. In showdown with Russia, Germany struggles over economy, unity and history 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Putin is revising the Brezhnev Doctrine, which stipulated that communism’s advances, particularly in Eastern Europe, must be irreversible. Opinion | As Putin bullies Ukraine, signs rise of European unity in opposition 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Cyrus Vance, President Jimmy Carter’s secretary of state, once said that the Soviet dictator Leonid Brezhnev “shares our dreams and aspirations.” Opinion | The Biden administration’s gaseous obfuscation on Afghanistan isn’t helping 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Brezhnev justified this invasion by claiming the Soviet Union had the right to prevent its satellites from rejecting communism, a policy known as the Brezhnev Doctrine. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The retreat dramatized Mr. Gorbachev’s break with the muscle-flexing foreign policy of the Brezhnev period. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Physicists were being recruited to sign a letter denouncing Sakharov for his human rights work, but Dr. Orlov refused, instead writing a cheeky letter to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Yuri Orlov, physicist who became a symbol of Soviet dissent, dies at 96 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Over the course of their trip, he will pepper their conversation with assorted mansplain-y notes on Wordsworth, Tolstoy, Mussolini, Brezhnev, Anna Kavan, David Foster Wallace and the Broadway musical. Review: 'I'm Thinking …’ is another marvelous, melancholy mind trap from Charlie Kaufman 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z The same year he visited Moscow for nuclear arms talks with Kremlin officials including the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev. ‘Strategic Empathy’: How Biden’s Informal Diplomacy Shaped Foreign Relations 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z His replacement, Leonid Brezhnev, quickly adopted repressive domestic policies. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think the Brezhnev doctrine is dead,” he said. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Critics believe he intends to cling to power like elderly Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev who died in office. Marathon vote on extending Putin's rule begins amid coronavirus epidemic 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z In 1973, President Richard Nixon concluded his summit with the visiting leader of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev, who hailed the talks in an address on American television. Today in History 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Instead, I fell to sleep in a large cozy bed that, having a sense of history, I hoped had been slept in by such high handicappers as Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Maggie Thatcher or Menachem Begin. Golf with the Boss - Golf Digest 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Brezhnev made clear that he would not tolerate dissent in Eastern Europe either. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z From around the mid-1970s onward, General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and the entire Soviet Politburo were looking like death warmed over. When Brezhnev comes to America: gerontocracy in action 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z “I was free under Brezhnev and am free under Putin,” he said. ‘Here I Can Be My Own Dictator’ 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z The Soviet Union under President Gorbachev, backed up by Hungary and Poland, has ditched the Brezhnev era ‘of stagnation’ once and for all. How communist Europe was swept by a tide of change - archive, 1989 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Leonov’s limousine was struck by more than a dozen shots, apparently intended for Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev, who was in a different car. Alexei Leonov, Soviet cosmonaut and first person to walk in space, dies at 85 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev and the Politburo—the ruling committee of the Communist Party—crushed all political disagreement. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet, he is just as overweight as Brezhnev was at his age. When Brezhnev comes to America: gerontocracy in action 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Whoever was close to Leonid Brezhnev, Konstantin Chernenko or Mikhail Gorbachev would tell you a lot about their status inside the Kremlin. Ever since impeachment inquiry was announced, it's been getting crazier out there 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Another compared Putin to Leonid Brezhnev, whose Communist-era reign remains synonymous with harsh economic times. Putin’s treatment of protesters and rivals shows weakness, not strength | Simon Tisdall 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z The greyness of the Brezhnev era, with its endless queues and empty shops, started to be recalled as a peaceful, prosperous time. Vladimir Putin’s Russia is rehabilitating Stalin. We must not let it happen | Irina Sherbakova 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z After Brezhnev’s death in 1982, the aging leadership of the Soviet Union tried to hold on to power. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Tensions between Leonid Brezhnev’s Moscow and Ronald Reagan’s Washington, after the collapse of détente and the start of a huge U.S. arms buildup, were at fever pitch. Why Ed Markey, the Co-Sponsor of the Green New Deal, May Be Hopeful For Its Chances 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z How such a work emerged from the miasma of the Brezhnev era, in 1979, and was deemed fit for public consumption may be the murkiest mystery of all. Captain Marvel Saves a Movie 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z On Dec. 12, 1979, the Politburo approved a miliary intervention with no debate as Mr. Brezhnev and the others signed a handwritten decision memo titled “On the Situation in ‘A.’” Why Did Soviets Invade Afghanistan? Documents Offer History Lesson for Trump 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z In June 1989, Gorbachev announced that he would not enforce the Brezhnev Doctrine, under which Moscow reserved the right to intervene in satellite countries. George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States, dies at 94 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z However, each of Brezhnev’s two successors died after only about a year in office. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "These people aren't as much fearful of a war as people of Brezhnev's epoch. They think if they threaten the West properly, it gets scared." Trump says US will pull out of intermediate range nuke pact 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z After a tense meeting with a worried Brezhnev in Čierna nad Tisou, near Czechoslovakia’s border with the Soviet Union, in late July, Dubček failed to warn the population that an invasion might be imminent. Prague 1968: lost images of the day that freedom died 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviet dictator, is giving a speech. Searching for a Lost Odessa — and a Deaf Childhood 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z In November 1974, Nixon's successor Gerald Ford met Brezhnev for the first time in the Russian city of Vladivostok. In pictures: A history of US-Russian summits 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z “To assume that Putinism will last forever. After Stalin came deStalinization. After Brezhnev came perestroika. Why does everyone assume that after Putin comes more Putinism?” What Will Be the Outcome of the Trump-Putin Summit? 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The city was the venue for the 1975 Helsinki accords in which Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev signed a 35-state declaration that called for respect of sovereign territory and human rights. 'Not welcome': Finnish protesters criticise Trump-Putin summit 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The first was in 1975, when President Ford met with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev before and after a European-wide conference that resulted in the signing of the Helsinki Accords. Helsinki is probably happy to be modestly hosting the Trump-Putin summit. (No boast) 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z It is on the day Brezhnev dies that my mother learns of my deafness, and the odyssey of doctors and hospitals begins. Searching for a Lost Odessa — and a Deaf Childhood 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Brezhnev then tried on the coat and modelled it for photographers. In pictures: A history of US-Russian summits 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z The Russian transcript of the conversation, recovered from Mr. Brezhnev’s ashtray, indicated that Mr. Ford demurred. At Summit Meetings, Kremlin Often Tried to Steamroller U.S. Presidents 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z President Gerald Ford and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev met in Helsinki in 1975 to sign the landmark Helsinki Accords, a watershed commitment to peace, security and human rights. Trump, Putin to meet at 19th-century presidential palace 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z In 2013, secret tapes of Richard Nixon’s talks with Leonid Brezhnev were released by the US National Archives and Records Administration, revealing the two leaders discussing everything from their countries’ relations to personal smoking habits. Will Putin use his good cop, bad cop routine in summit with Trump? 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z President Gerald Ford, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and others signed the Helsinki Accords, a watershed commitment to peace, security and human rights. Finnish neutrality key to Helsinki hosting US-Russia summit 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Then in 2014 Russia annexed Crimea, breaking for the first time the Helsinki Accord signed by Ford and Brezhnev in 1975 and heaping international opprobrium and sanctions on itself. In pictures: A history of US-Russian summits 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z President Gerald Ford, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and others signed the Helsinki Accords, a watershed commitment to peace, security and human rights. Finnish neutrality key to Helsinki hosting US-Russia summit 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Even its most momentous events, other than Ford’s pardon of Nixon, now seem eminently forgettable: the Mayaguez incident, the Solzhenitsyn snub, Whip Inflation Now buttons and the Vladivostok summit with Leonid Brezhnev. Review | When a president exhibited empathy, honesty, humility and politeness 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Brezhnev shared his secret with Nixon: a case mechanically designed to give him just one cigarette each hour. Will Putin use his good cop, bad cop routine in summit with Trump? 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Images of Nixon, Kissinger, Brezhnev, Gromyko, Reagan, Bush, Gorbachev and Clinton testified to the incredible history of our new home. Putin needed an American enemy. He picked me. 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Both Brezhnev and I, when in office, faced the immediate prospect of conflagration that would deteriorate into a nuclear exchange. Jimmy Carter Knows What North Korea Wants 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev, began referring to the situation in Czechoslovakia as a “counterrevolution”. Remembering culture's role in the Prague Spring 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z So, according to Snyder, Leonid Brezhnev “buried the Marxist politics of inevitability, and replaced it with a Soviet politics of eternity.” Review | Is the United States really on the road to fascism? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Leonid Brezhnev, the former Soviet leader, lived nearby. In Russia, a ‘Special Highway’ Helps the Privileged Avoid Traffic 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Once revolutionary energy in the Soviet Union dissipated and revolutionary prospects dimmed, Leonid Brezhnev held on to power by promising comrades not to kill them and trying himself not to die. Perspective | Succession plans protect nations. Putin and Xi just threw theirs out. 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The negotiations were a success, and President Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev signed the treaty about a month later. This earthquake expert dodged Russian surveillance to try to halt nuclear testing 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Leonid Brezhnev’s permanent enemy, the decadent West, had returned: but this time the decadence would be of a more explicitly sexual variety. Vladimir Putin’s politics of eternity | Timothy Snyder 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z But he’s already beat one record: This year, he overtook Leonid Brezhnev, who held power from 1964 until his death in 1982, as the longest serving Kremlin chief since Joseph Stalin. Is Putin Repeating the Mistakes of Brezhnev? 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z President Nixon flew to the Soviet capital in 1972, the first visit to Moscow by a sitting U.S. president, for a week of meetings with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Projected Kim, Trump summit preceded by other landmark meets 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Whatever Babiš told his handlers about sentiments towards Brezhnev – a leader widely disliked in the former Czechoslovakia for ordering the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion that crushed the Prague Spring – is lost to posterity. Communist past returns to haunt embattled Czech PM 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Then the atmosphere froze over again under Leonid Brezhnev, and people again stopped speaking. An unusual priest’s call for liberty 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Putin is faced with a succession problem in a petro-state where the economy is stagnating, just as it was in the Brezhnev era. We need to plan for Russia after Putin | Natalie Nougayrède 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z President Richard Nixon flew to the Soviet capital, the first visit to Moscow by a sitting U.S. president, for a week of meetings with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. A look at US-Russia summits of the past 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Nixon never blurted out intelligence secrets when he met with Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow in July 1974. By Donald Trump's standards, the Watergate cover-up was a thing of genius | Walter Shapiro 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z That goes for such players on the world stage as Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and Richard James, the inventor of the Slinky. Review | Fascinating ‘Obit’ explores the arcane art of celebrating the newsworthy life 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z In the 1970s his meetings with Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt, Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union and Zhou Enlai of China helped Chase Manhattan become the first American bank with operations in those countries. David Rockefeller, Philanthropist and Head of Chase Manhattan, Dies at 101 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z In the Brezhnev era in the Soviet Union, jokes were what kept people going in some small sense. Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War: Q. & A. 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Far more often, dictators produce economic basket cases — just see the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev, Cambodia under Pol Pot, Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe, or China under Mao Zedong. Opinion | Dear Trump: Defending democracy is no vice 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z You used to have Kissinger with Dobrynin and Kissinger with Gromyko, and then Nixon would talk to Brezhnev. Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong on the U.S. Election, Free Trade and Why Government Isn't a Startup 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z That document angered the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, who ordered the Warsaw Pact's troops to invade Czechoslovakia to crush the reforms in August. Vera Caslavska, Czech gymnastics great, dies at 74 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Ward first gave Brezhnev the photo, then did his part to thaw the Cold War by presenting his Polaroid camera to the Soviet leader, buying a few more minutes for the portrait sitting. Fred Ward, photographer of presidents, pop stars, gemstones, dies at 81 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz made a visit to Moscow and held a 90-minute conversation regarding trade between Russia and the United States with Soviet Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev, which Butz deemed “friendly.” A Brief History of U.S. Presidents Visiting Poland 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Brezhnev was “sympathetic” to Honecker’s request, but, for a variety of reasons, the invasion never happened. “The Polish Rider” 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z It depicts Brezhnev and Honecker in a fraternal embrace, reproducing a photograph that captured the moment in 1979 during the 30th anniversary celebration of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic. Donald Trump and Boris Johnson in Bristol street-art kiss - BBC News 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Russia is being pushed back to the Brezhnev era, forgetful of how that period ended. Mikhail Gorbachev: Putin Is an Obstacle to Progress 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z It was obvious that Brezhnev and his aides had never seen a Polaroid photograph, which took only a few seconds to develop. Fred Ward, photographer of presidents, pop stars, gemstones, dies at 81 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Even in Dynasty the writers couldn’t have got away with marrying Alexis off to Brezhnev. Wendi Deng with Putin? She’s taking on Rupert Murdoch in a romantic arms race | Marina Hyde 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Freedoms were severely curtailed in the 1970s during the Brezhnev era of stagnation, which saw science reduced to being a servant of the economy and the military. Step into Silicon Forest, Putin's secret weapon in the global tech race 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z When Leonid Brezhnev and his two successors died in the early 1980s, it became clear that no younger generation shared its elders’ dedication to Communism. The History That Links Trump and Putin 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z The comedy is enriched by satire on the uniform drabness of Soviet apartment blocks in the Brezhnev era. Eldar Ryazanov Soviet comedy film giant dies - BBC News 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z He was able to get along with Leonid Brezhnev and Zhou Enlai because he did not preach at them, he was well-prepared and he discussed interests, not ideology. A bumbling, pitiful, sweet Richard Nixon 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Just days after the invasion, in an interview in the Oval Office, ABC News asked Mr. Carter if he believed Brezhnev was lying, Mr. Carter said he was. Missing Jimmy Carter 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, became the first leader in the Kremlin since Leonid Brezhnev, who invaded Afghanistan in 1979, to send military aircraft on bombing missions outside the territory of the former Soviet Union. A new spectacle for the masses 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z From Mussolini’s Italy to Castro’s Cuba to Brezhnev’s Soviet Union to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, the pessimistic argument held that international restrictions on trade, investment, and other economic transactions had been tried and had failed. The Iran Deal Is a Victory for Economic Sanctions 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z When people think of a Communist country with a leader, you will think of somebody like Brezhnev or Tito. Interview: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Back then, there was a Brezhnev Market, named after the Soviet leader, in downtown Kabul, he said. Years after invasion, the U.S. leaves a cultural imprint on Afghanistan 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z A near-identical letter was sent to the Kremlin, for the attention of Leonid Brezhnev, general secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union. Inside the mind of Bernie Sanders: unbowed, unchanged, and unafraid of a good fight 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z This was a late attempt under Brezhnev to show that “developed socialism” could have room for different kinds of families and lives: “a sign of hope, a training ground and a lab”. Moscow's suburbs may look monolithic, but the stories they tell are not 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z After a few months, the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev, lost his patience and launched an invasion that started on 20 August 1968, and put the reforms to an end. Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author, dies aged 88 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Well, what do you think, Mama,’ says Brezhnev. Rise of the Red Prince 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z The years from 1982 to 1991 saw four general secretaries—from Brezhnev to Gorbachev—and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Iran Countdown 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Leonid Brezhnev himself replaced Tarasov with Tikhonov, who kept his players confined to training for 11 months per year at times, refusing requests to spend time with dying parents. Documentary tells gripping story of Red Army hockey team 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Up to 3,000 political prisoners were housed there under Stalin, and about 1,000 when Leonid Brezhnev was Soviet leader in the 1970s, he said. Stalin wiped from Soviet Gulag museum 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Stalin ruled for some three decades; Brezhnev for almost two. Putin: The Rise of a Villain Straight From Central Casting 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Last season, the series focussed on the Contras, more of a retro-camp choice, and there is some of the same spirit here, too, with jokes about Reagan and Brezhnev’s relative ages. “The Americans” and America’s Afghanistan Baggage 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Then-Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev rewarded him for his efforts by making him first secretary of the Communist Party of Georgia. Ten World Figures Who Died in 2014 Brezhnev died on November 10, 1982, just a few days after I was operated on at Dr. Fyodorov’s famous eye clinic. Inner Worlds: Bus Stop | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Putin is, the West should similarly acknowledge, more talented and dangerous than either Nikita Khrushchev or Leonid Brezhnev. An eye on the Baltic states? Nikita Khrushchev returned from vacation in October 1964 to find himself replaced by his protege, Leonid Brezhnev, and facing charges of, among other things, “harebrained scheming.” Can Putin Survive? 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z When a reporter asks Zinaida if Brezhnev’s death—also a plot point—will change anything, she takes a breath, and says, “I cannot tell the future, but the entire Politburo is behind this terrible war.” “The Americans” and America’s Afghanistan Baggage 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Brezhnev’s successor at the helm of power in the Soviet Union; “the butcher of Budapest,” who crushed the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Remembering the Death of Andropov, on the Anniversary of His Birth 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Generations of Soviet Ukraine’s best and brightest rose to the top of the Soviet hierarchy, including leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev. Are Ukraine’s youth enough to save the country from splitting? They’re very paternal, in a “Brezhnev Doctrine” kind of way, no matter what the realities of the marketplace and government policy might be. Democrat Tax Inversion Bill Treats the Symptom, Not the Disease 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z “But I knew that Sukhodrev was a superb linguist who spoke English as well as he did Russian, and I felt that Brezhnev would speak more freely if only one other person was present.” Viktor Sukhodrev, Soviet interpreter at summits, dies at 81 "But I knew that Sukhodrev was a superb linguist who spoke English as well as he did Russian, and I felt that Brezhnev would speak more freely if only one other person was present." Legendary Soviet interpreter Sukhodrev dies at 81 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z It wasn’t until the twentieth anniversary of the Soviet victory, in 1965, that Leonid Brezhnev reinstated May 9th as a state holiday, replete with a military parade across Red Square. Vladimir Putin's Victory Day in Crimea 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z On Christmas weekend of 1979, Brezhnev ordered Soviet troops to invade Afghanistan. Exclusive: Jimmy Carter Talks About Iran, Campus Rape, Jesus Christ and the Paintings of W. 2014-04-10T12:31:58Z President Johnson, of course, did not prevent Brezhnev from invading Czechoslovakia in 1968. Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia: Debating Obama’s Weakness Only Makes Our Entire Country Weak 2014-03-19T19:30:56Z He wore fashionable clothing not available in the old Soviet Union, and he had a smooth urbanity that was more James Bond than Leonid Brezhnev. Viktor Sukhodrev, Soviet interpreter at summits, dies at 81 At a 1972 meeting between President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow, he was the sole interpreter. Legendary Soviet interpreter Sukhodrev dies at 81 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Under Brezhnev, the state “stopped working on a vision of the future and, instead, focussed on the past,” the cultural historian Boris Dubin told me. Vladimir Putin's Victory Day in Crimea 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z It would mirror what Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sought at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow - success on the sporting field to show how strong his country was. Tolstoy's words ring true as Putin goes for Sochi gold 2014-02-14T13:40:33Z Most experts, Mr. Aslund included, dismiss the possibility of military force, which would involve a reversion to the Soviet-era Brezhnev doctrine. Letter from Europe: Awaiting Russia’s Next Move in Ukraine 2014-02-10T11:01:59Z He was one of five party officials who, earlier that year, wrote a letter to the Soviet leader Leonid M. Brezhnev, tacitly encouraging Soviet forces to invade Czechoslovakia to crush the “counterrevolution.” Vasil Bilak, Czechoslovak Communist Who Encouraged 1968 Soviet Invasion, Dies at 96 2014-02-07T03:51:41Z Too bad for Brezhnev that the United States led a boycott of the Games over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979. At Sochi Games, Putin evokes spirit of 1980 2014-02-06T14:55:26Z Brezhnev sought to recapture the wartime experience for the state, with histories in which generals and Party leaders wisely stewarded the country through crises. Vladimir Putin's Victory Day in Crimea 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z It was July 1980 and in the packed Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev declared the Summer Olympic Games open. Sochi Olympics: Putin's pet project 2014-02-06T10:21:38Z But many Russians see the Brezhnev era as a time of stability for the superpower, which broke up in 1991. Plaque honoring Soviet leader Brezhnev restored in Moscow 2013-12-19T19:13:27Z Without specifically calling for an invasion, it asked Mr. Brezhnev to use “all the means at your disposal” to counter the threat. Vasil Bilak, Czechoslovak Communist Who Encouraged 1968 Soviet Invasion, Dies at 96 2014-02-07T03:51:41Z Brezhnev was also unlucky that the death of popular singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky coincided with the Games and drew many Russians' attention away from the sporting field. At Sochi Games, Putin evokes spirit of 1980 2014-02-06T14:55:26Z The "difficult issues" also include the interpretation of Stalin's rule, the high cost of victory in World War Two, the dissident movement under Leonid Brezhnev and the collapse of the Soviet empire. Putin accused of Soviet tactics in drafting new history book 2013-11-18T13:46:53Z Yet, curiously, the two things Leonid Brezhnev had feared - spiralling costs and scandals - are now a feature of Vladimir Putin's Olympic Games. Sochi Olympics: Putin's pet project 2014-02-06T10:21:38Z "Putin's power structure instinctively follows the standards of the Stalin or Brezhnev era, when inconvenient and critical people were isolated," Oreshkin said. Putin foe Navalny faces prison if appeal is rejected 2013-10-15T20:52:11Z In fact, the better analogy to consider for U.S.-Iran relations is that of another 1972 meeting, between Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow. Fareed Zakaria: What an Iran Deal Would Look Like 2013-10-06T09:05:24Z Like Putin in Sochi, Brezhnev saw big construction projects in Moscow as a way to impress the West. At Sochi Games, Putin evokes spirit of 1980 2014-02-06T14:55:26Z Neither Stalin nor Brezhnev would have tolerated Musavi, nor demonstrations on the scale achieved by the Green movement. Is war with Iran inevitable? 2013-09-15T12:30:00Z In 1975, General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Brezhnev had written to a colleague in the Politburo complaining of the costs involved and warning of possible scandals if Moscow hosted the Olympics. Sochi Olympics: Putin's pet project 2014-02-06T10:21:38Z Nixon and Brezhnev met one-on-one with only an interpreter present for an hour on June 18 and chatted about personal topics, including their families. Reagan, Bush appear on Nixon tapes 2013-08-21T23:53:57Z Among topics covered by the tapes are Watergate, Vietnam and a summit meeting with the Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev. Last of the Nixon Tapes Go Online 2013-08-21T16:54:44Z Assad is not Brezhnev, and frankly, the stakes are not nearly as great. Will Arming Syrian Rebels Lead to Disaster? 2013-06-15T08:45:00Z Asked about Mr. Sobyanin’s re-election campaign, he predicted a message “à la Leonid Brezhnev: Life is good, and it will be even better.” Moscow Mayor to Step Down to Gain Election Edge 2013-06-04T20:11:57Z This was a new strategy, a product of the Brezhnev era. How Guantanamo affects China: Our human rights hypocrisies 2013-05-19T15:00:00Z The tapes also included a recording of Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev chatting warmly in the Oval Office in June 1973. Reagan, Bush appear on Nixon tapes 2013-08-21T23:53:57Z Nixon’s meeting with Brezhnev in the Oval Office in June 1973 is the only Russian-American summit meeting ever recorded on a presidential taping system, library officials said. Last of the Nixon Tapes Go Online 2013-08-21T16:54:44Z He said such efforts were destined to fail and Putin was pushing Russia into an era of economic and political stagnation comparable to the rule of late Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Putin trying to scare off protesters: jailed tycoon 2013-02-06T11:25:16Z Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev wanted to stage a space spectacular to mark the 50th anniversary of the Russian revolution—a two-spacecraft mission that would involve a rendezvous, docking and spacewalk. Fallen Explorers: NASA's Astronaut Day of Remembrance 2013-02-01T12:50:23Z Yet he forged strong working relationships with the likes of Leonid Brezhnev and Mao. Nixon at 100: The crooked statesman 2013-01-10T16:11:29Z At one point, Newsweek reported, Mr. Brezhnev showed his guests his new hunting lodge, replete with a movie theater, and asked what it would sell for in the United States. Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Expert on Soviet and European Affairs, Is Dead at 86 2012-11-22T06:27:23Z On his 60th birthday in 1966, Brezhnev was given an even higher award, Hero of the Soviet Union. Russia Marks Putin’s 60th Birthday 2012-10-08T02:20:22Z "In some ways, Russia's current political regime resembles the Brezhnev regime, in terms of pressure on the opposition," he said. Putin trying to scare off protesters: jailed tycoon 2013-02-06T11:25:16Z This would keep him in power longer than Leonid Brezhnev, whose 18-year rule in Soviet times is often criticized for economic and political stagnation. Russia's Putin in charge at 60, but facing threats 2012-10-05T16:10:20Z Unlike under the Soviets of the Brezhnev era, political prisoners in Mr. Lukashenko’s Belarus are not held in special camps, but in regular prisons, among criminals, isolated from fellow political prisoners. Op-Ed Contributor: Belarus: Europe’s Last Dictatorship 2012-07-17T03:12:44Z In 1982, as a specialist in Soviet affairs, Mr. Sonnenfeldt accompanied Dr. Kissinger on a boar-hunting expedition with Soviet leaders, including Leonid Brezhnev, then in his last year of presiding over the Soviet Union. Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Expert on Soviet and European Affairs, Is Dead at 86 2012-11-22T06:27:23Z But he tended to blow hot and cold in his relations with most leaders – Gaddafi is seen here holding hands with Soviet Union ruler Leonid Brezhnev in 1981. In pictures: Unseen Muammar Gaddafi-era archive in Libya 2012-06-18T08:49:46Z On May 7, Putin was inaugurated for a third term as president, which will extend his rule until 2018, making him the longest serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin and Leonid Brezhnev. The Raids That Backfired: How the Russian Police Helped to Swell a Protest 2012-06-13T20:05:40Z You all lay under Brezhnev, under Gorbachev, under Yeltsin, under Putin. His Support Ebbing, Putin Gains From Weak Rivals 2012-03-03T02:15:14Z The British have “Downton Abbey,” and the Russians have Communism: at any given time there is at least one period drama that is set in Stalin’s terror, the Khrushchev space race or Brezhnev era stagnation. The TV Watch: In Putin?s Russia, TV Mirrors Longing for Normalcy 2012-02-13T05:52:11Z Mr. Putin's next presidency "shouldn't be confused with the late Brezhnev era," he said. Putin Aide: Brezhnev a Big 'Plus' for Russia 2011-10-05T19:08:13Z Brezhnev, who benefited from a sharp rise in oil prices after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, only presided over stagnation in the final years of his rule, said Peskov. Brezhnev’s Rule ‘Huge Plus’ for Russia, Putin Spokesman Says 2011-10-05T10:39:01Z Putin could serve legally until 2024, which would tie him with Leonid Brezhnev and Joseph Stalin as the longest-serving Kremlin rulers who weren’t tsars appointed by God. Anna Chapman: The Face of Kremlin Capitalism 2011-09-29T20:45:40Z Liberal-minded Muscovites poured out their despair on the Internet on Sunday, passing around a portrait of Mr. Putin superimposed on Leonid Brezhnev, whose 18-year rule became known as the “era of stagnation.” For Russia?s Liberals, Putin Announcement Stokes Woes 2011-09-26T02:08:02Z We learned that back in those grim “Letter to Brezhnev”/Thatcher days, Rob spent every weekend collecting money for the striking British coal miners. Letter from Europe: In Russia, a Summer Harmony 2011-08-15T11:28:51Z In the TV interview, Mr. Peskov admitted that Mr. Brezhnev "didn't leave in time." Putin Aide: Brezhnev a Big 'Plus' for Russia 2011-10-05T19:08:13Z Brezhnev led the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982, a period later characterized as an era of stagnation that paved the way for the country’s collapse in 1991. Brezhnev’s Rule ‘Huge Plus’ for Russia, Putin Spokesman Says 2011-10-05T10:39:01Z While Mr. Medvedev was president, Russia invaded Georgia and, shortly afterward, he proclaimed the countries along Russian borders, in the manner of the Brezhnev doctrine, to be of vital “strategic interest.” Politicus: Merkel Cozies Up to an Increasingly Undemocratic Russia 2011-07-21T12:50:04Z Brezhnev seemed to be eternal and he was not. For Russia?s Liberals, Putin Announcement Stokes Woes 2011-09-26T02:08:02Z "If you preserve it this way then he will be like Brezhnev and Mugabe, it will be an interesting sort of combination, if he doesn't change course, change his people," he said on Tuesday. Putin must reform or become Russia's Mugabe: Lebedev 2011-07-13T12:05:29Z A Western ambassador here likened this period in one of Africa’s longest-surviving autocracies to the last days of Brezhnev and Franco. Allies of Zimbabwe?s Old Lion Seek a Final Roar 2011-04-09T01:16:56Z “Let’s not confuse things with the late Brezhnev era,” said Peskov. Brezhnev’s Rule ‘Huge Plus’ for Russia, Putin Spokesman Says 2011-10-05T10:39:01Z Critics say that would wrap Russia in stagnation similar to the period when Leonid Brezhnev ruled the Soviet Union. Special Report: After Mideast, should Russia and China worry? 2011-02-11T01:08:53Z Stephen F. Cohen, a professor of Russian studies at New York University, was one of the Westerners who spent time in the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev days. Living to Tell 2010-10-01T15:45:00Z Change in Silicon Valley happens at the speed of science fiction; in Washington, at the pace of Brezhnev's Soviet Union. US politics is angry, polarised, and gridlocked. Can it be reformed? 2010-09-29T19:30:00Z They also accuse him of blind economic policies similar to the years of stagnation under Brezhnev. Rare Russian opposition rally says Putin is Stalin 2010-05-01T15:06:00Z In keeping with these principles the PCR has rejected the so-called Brezhnev Doctrine of limited sovereignty of socialist states. Area Handbook for Romania Zhivkov also managed to establish close relations with the Soviet leaders who ousted Khrushchev and has apparently maintained good rapport with Leonid Brezhnev, the general secretary of the Soviet party. Area Handbook for Bulgaria The bulk of the civilized world, even Brezhnev's evil Soviet empire denounced the use of unarmed children for cannon fodder. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel A decisive step forward was taken in the Vladivostok Accord which I negotiated with General Secretary Brezhnev—joint recognition that an equal ceiling should be placed on the number of strategic weapons on each side. State of the Union Address At the Tenth Party Congress, which was attended by General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union, there were no startling changes either in party policy or in high-ranking personnel assignments. Area Handbook for Bulgaria Leading the Soviet delegation were Brezhnev, general secretary of the Soviet party, and four other high-ranking officials. Area Handbook for Bulgaria |
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