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Vadim Zagladin

Vadim Valentinovich Zagladin (June 23, 1927 – November 17, 2006) was a Soviet and Russian politician and ideologist and one of the leading theoreticians of perestroika. He was a collaborator and adviser to Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail Gorbachev and, among Soviet politicians, one of those who was the closest to Western Europe. A personal friend of François Mitterrand, Willy Brandt and Giorgio Napolitano, Zagladin was the theorist of a reformed communism that would be very close to European social democracy.

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Vadim Zagladin

Born
1927 · Moscow.
Died
2006 · Moscow.
Nationality
Soviet Union · Russia
Occupation
geopolitical analyst · politician · university teacher · writer · political scientist
Education
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Honours
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Languages
Russian

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Vadim Valentinovich Zagladin (June 23, 1927 – November 17, 2006) was a Soviet and Russian politician and ideologist and one of the leading theoreticians of perestroika. He was a collaborator and adviser to Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail Gorbachev and, among Soviet politicians, one of those who was the closest to Western Europe. A personal friend of François Mitterrand, Willy Brandt and Giorgio Napolitano, Zagladin was the theorist of a reformed communism that would be very close to European social democracy.

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