Nikolai Sergejewitsch Portugalow

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Nikolai Sergejewitsch Portugalow ( Russian: Николай Сергеевич Португалов , scientific transliteration Nikolaj Sergeevič Portugalov ; * 1928 in Moscow ; † March 20, 2008 ibid.) Was a Soviet journalist and politician.

Portugalov studied at the Moscow University of International Relations (MGIMO); his thesis dealt with the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany. During Valentin Falin's tenure as ambassador to Germany in Bonn, he worked as a journalist. He was a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU and an advisor to party leader Mikhail Gorbachev . Portugalov played a leading role in the reunification of Germany on the Soviet side .

He was an officer of the KGB and from 1979 to 1990 the chief adviser to the international department in the Central Committee of the CPSU. He then worked as a journalist.

In an interview in 1987, Portugalov stated: “A denuclearized continent Europe is a Europe without nuclear weapons - including without Soviet ones. That is our ultimate goal. ”During the demonstrations in Leipzig, Dresden and Berlin, Falin and Portugalow suggested using tanks. Eduard Shevardnadze intervened with Gorbachev, which was the decisive factor not to intervene in the GDR.

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  1. ^ Hans-Dieter Heumann: Hans-Dietrich Genscher. The biography. Schöningh, Paderborn 2012, p. 251
  2. ↑ Bonner General-Anzeiger of December 16, 1987, The continent of Europe without nuclear weapons is the goal
  3. ↑ DIE ZEIT No. 49 of November 27, 2003, Michael Naumann: He has abolished the empire. Now he has to go - the adventurous life of the police general, foreign minister and president of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze
personal data
SURNAME Portugalow, Nikolai Sergejewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Португалов, Николай Сергеевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 2008
Place of death Moscow