‘No fear of state during Khrushchev, returned in Putin era…’: Ex-Soviet Prime Minister’s kin

Nikita Khrushchev’s great‑granddaughter unpacks how his de‑Stalinisation, the 1954 Crimea transfer and Soviet space triumphs clash with today’s Kremlin narrative. She explains why Putin needs a villain for Crimea, why Stalin is rehabilitated, and how propaganda rewrites history to justify war and repression in modern Russia. Tune in to this conversation between HT's Aayesha Varma and Nina Khrushcheva.