In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Gerasimov.
Gennadi Gerasimov
Геннадий Герасимов
Gerasimov in 2001
Russian Ambassador to Portugal
In office 1990–1995
Personal details
Born
Gennadi Ivanovich Gerasimov
(1930-03-03)3 March 1930 Yelabuga, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Tatarstan, Russia)
Died
14 September 2010(2010-09-14) (aged 80) Moscow, Russia
Gennadi (or Gennady) Ivanovich Gerasimov (Russian: Геннадий Иванович Герасимов; 3 March 1930 – 14 September 2010[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] When asked, during Mikhail Gorbachev's visit to Prague in 1987, what the difference was between the Prague Spring and perestroika, Gerasimov replied: "nineteen years".[4]
He was recognized in 1990 as Communicator of the Year by the (American) National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC).[5]
He is mentioned in the Billy Bragg song "Moving the Goalposts".
^Diário Digital / Lusa (2010-09-16). "Rússia: Morreu o último embaixador soviético em Portugal". Diário Digital. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
^"Russia's Media Revolution: From Party Control to Money Control" (PDF). East-West Center. p. 8. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
^"His Way". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
^Jacques Levesque, The Enigma of 1989: The USSR and the Liberation of Eastern Europe (Berkeley-London: Berkeley, University of California Press, 1997), p. 62.
^"Former Russian Official To Speak At Muhlenberg". Morning Call. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
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