Serhii Plokhy
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
one editor of the newspaper, and eventually he kills Bandera. He does that with the new weapon, a spray pistol, that eventually makes it into the Bond novel, The Man with the Golden Gun. And that whole episode is a little bit reshaped, but it is not in the film, but it is in the novel itself. And Dan later has a change of mind under the influence of his German fiancΓ©e and then wife.
one editor of the newspaper, and eventually he kills Bandera. He does that with the new weapon, a spray pistol, that eventually makes it into the Bond novel, The Man with the Golden Gun. And that whole episode is a little bit reshaped, but it is not in the film, but it is in the novel itself. And Dan later has a change of mind under the influence of his German fiancΓ©e and then wife.
They decide to escape to the West. While they're doing that, they discover that their apartment was bugged, and probably the KGB knows all of that. A long story short, his son dies in Berlin. The KGB doesn't allow him to go there, but his wife has a nervous breakdown, so they allow him to go there to just calm her so that there would be no scandal.
They decide to escape to the West. While they're doing that, they discover that their apartment was bugged, and probably the KGB knows all of that. A long story short, his son dies in Berlin. The KGB doesn't allow him to go there, but his wife has a nervous breakdown, so they allow him to go there to just calm her so that there would be no scandal.
They decide to escape to the West. While they're doing that, they discover that their apartment was bugged, and probably the KGB knows all of that. A long story short, his son dies in Berlin. The KGB doesn't allow him to go there, but his wife has a nervous breakdown, so they allow him to go there to just calm her so that there would be no scandal.
And two of them, one day before their son's burial, because after that they would be sent to Moscow, they jumped the ship and go to West Berlin. two hours before the Berlin Wall was being built. So if they would stay for the funeral, probably the KGB would not let them go. But also if they would stay, the border would be there.
And two of them, one day before their son's burial, because after that they would be sent to Moscow, they jumped the ship and go to West Berlin. two hours before the Berlin Wall was being built. So if they would stay for the funeral, probably the KGB would not let them go. But also if they would stay, the border would be there.
And two of them, one day before their son's burial, because after that they would be sent to Moscow, they jumped the ship and go to West Berlin. two hours before the Berlin Wall was being built. So if they would stay for the funeral, probably the KGB would not let them go. But also if they would stay, the border would be there.
And he goes to the American intelligence and says, okay, that's who I am, and that's what I did. And they look at him and they say, I don't trust you. We don't know who you are. You have documents in five names. You say you killed Bandera. Oh, we have a different information. He was poisoned and probably by someone in his close circle. A spray pistol? Did you reach too much Ian Fleming?
And he goes to the American intelligence and says, okay, that's who I am, and that's what I did. And they look at him and they say, I don't trust you. We don't know who you are. You have documents in five names. You say you killed Bandera. Oh, we have a different information. He was poisoned and probably by someone in his close circle. A spray pistol? Did you reach too much Ian Fleming?
And he goes to the American intelligence and says, okay, that's who I am, and that's what I did. And they look at him and they say, I don't trust you. We don't know who you are. You have documents in five names. You say you killed Bandera. Oh, we have a different information. He was poisoned and probably by someone in his close circle. A spray pistol? Did you reach too much Ian Fleming?
Where does this come from? He insists. They say, okay, you insist. If you committed all those crimes, we're giving you to the German police, and German police will be investigating you. And then the trial comes, and if he says, if he takes back his testimony, The whole case against him collapses. He can go free.
Where does this come from? He insists. They say, okay, you insist. If you committed all those crimes, we're giving you to the German police, and German police will be investigating you. And then the trial comes, and if he says, if he takes back his testimony, The whole case against him collapses. He can go free.
Where does this come from? He insists. They say, okay, you insist. If you committed all those crimes, we're giving you to the German police, and German police will be investigating you. And then the trial comes, and if he says, if he takes back his testimony, The whole case against him collapses. He can go free.
But he knows that if he goes free, he is a target of his colleagues from the same department. So his task at the trial is to prove that he is guilty, that he has did that. And then he disappears.
But he knows that if he goes free, he is a target of his colleagues from the same department. So his task at the trial is to prove that he is guilty, that he has did that. And then he disappears.
But he knows that if he goes free, he is a target of his colleagues from the same department. So his task at the trial is to prove that he is guilty, that he has did that. And then he disappears.
Nobody knows where he goes, and there are all sorts of cover stories, and I was lucky to interview a commander, former chief of the South African police, who confirmed to me that Stashinsky was in South Africa.
Nobody knows where he goes, and there are all sorts of cover stories, and I was lucky to interview a commander, former chief of the South African police, who confirmed to me that Stashinsky was in South Africa.
Nobody knows where he goes, and there are all sorts of cover stories, and I was lucky to interview a commander, former chief of the South African police, who confirmed to me that Stashinsky was in South Africa.