Gennadi Gerasimov in 2001
Gennadi (or Gennady) Ivanovich Gerasimov (Russian, Геннадий Иванович Герасимов, (3 March 1930, Yelabuga – 14 September 2010, Moscow[1]) was the last Soviet, and then Russian ambassador to Portugal from 1990 to 1995. Previously he was foreign affairs spokesman for Mikhail Gorbachev and press secretary to Eduard Shevardnadze.[2] He is noted for coining the expression "Sinatra Doctrine" in reference to Gorbachev's non-intervention policy with respect to other members of the Warsaw Pact.[3] He was recognised as Communicator of the Year by the American Association of Governmental Communicators.[4]
He is mentioned in the Billy Bragg song "Moving the Goalposts".
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- ↑ Diário Digital / Lusa (2010-09-16). "Rússia: Morreu o último embaixador soviético em Portugal". Diário Digital. http://diariodigital.sapo.pt/news.asp?section_id=10&id_news=469177. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ↑ "Russia’s Media Revolution: From Party Control to Money Control". East-West Center. p. 8. http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/api037.pdf. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ↑ "His Way". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1990-11-29/news/vw-7232_1_death-sentence. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ↑ "Former Russian Official To Speak At Muhlenberg". Morning Call. http://articles.mcall.com/1995-03-10/news/3016942_1_russian-ambassador-world-marxist-review-soviet-president-mikhail-gorbachev. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
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