Talk:Alexander Yakovlev

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News about his death, from the bbc: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4353766.stm Google news search: http://news.google.com/news?q=Alexander+Yakovlev+&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=nn&oi=newsr

Quote from New York Times Magazine article

on the reason for his demotion:

Most accounts of Yakovlev's exile to Canada say it was triggered by an article he wrote in 1972 for the weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta, warning of the danger of Russian nationalism. The article offended some prominent Russian writers, and to this day nationalists regard Yakovlev as their most powerful enemy.

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Date of resignation

The article says that he resigned from the CPSU two days before the August coup. Is there a good source for this? The article on him in the Russian Wikipedia mentions July 29, 1991 as the date of his resignation from his post as senior presidential advisor, and this German TV news broadcast from July 28: also mentions this resignation. The coup started on August 19, so his resignation apparently was more like three weeks than two days before that. Proofreader (talk) 12:49, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Pamphlet about Canada - alleged? - removed from main page

I removed this section about Yakovlev's post-Canada period: " Although he was impressed with Canada's free, competitive economy—especially in agriculture, a weak part of the Soviet economy—and the benefits of rule of law, Yakovlev published a booklet called Poor Santa Claus, or the Police Eye of Democracy allegedly exposing Canadian totalitarian practices under the pseudonym N. Agashin. It claimed, among other things, that capitalism created "its sanitary serve - a system of repression, intimidation and terror", that the Canadian government "brainwashed its citizens", that the United States "tyrannised its neighbour", and that Canada was a totalitarian police state."

I can find absolutely zero information that this pamphlet even exists, let alone that it was a pseudonym of Yakovlev's, when it was published, etc. I think this is serious enough of a difference from all of Yakovlev's other published work and history that it warrants removal from the article page until/unless it can be sourced and referenced. It appears to be a complete fabrication. The only other internet sources that refer to it (very few) are literal 'borrowings' of this wikipedia article, so it's continued presence are quite literally leading to propagation of fabricated information. (Whereas if it can be sourced, it can be replaced quickly). Gregalton (talk) 14:17, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Small note, I've checked the Russian article, there is no mention of this alleged pamphlet - where it would be more likely to appear as a reference in some form. Gregalton (talk) 14:26, 2 February 2025 (UTC)