Yevgeny Yakovlevich Dzhugashvili (Russian: Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Джугашви́ли; 10 January 1936 – 22 December 2016) was a Soviet Air Force colonel. He was the son of Yakov Dzhugashvili, the eldest son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and gained notice as a defender of his grandfather's reputation. In the 1999 elections of the Russian State Duma, he was one of the faces of the Stalin Bloc – For the USSR, a league of communist parties. He resided in Georgia, his grandfather's homeland. He was found dead close to his home in Moscow in December 2016.^[1]

Dzhugashvili vs. Novaya Gazeta[edit]

In September 2009, Dzhugashvili made international headlines when he sued the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta after the magazine published an article claiming his grandfather personally signed execution orders against civilians.^[2] On 13 October 2009, the Russian court rejected Dzhugashvili's case, stating that its reasons would be made public at a later date.^[3] Dzhugasvili was given five days to appeal.^{[needs update]}

Criticism of Putin[edit]

In January 2015, responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s macho acts in a video, where he appears shirtless and is seen taming and riding a horse, Dzhugashvili said it is "all a publicity stunt and only showed how the president was leading the country without brains".^[4] The Independent additionally stated he had said "the mess in Russia would have been avoided if Stalin had lived for five more years".^[5]

See also[edit]

• Stalinism
• Neo-Stalinism
• Politics of Russia

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