Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Mikhail Zygar, autjor of "The Dark Side of the Earth" tells the true story of Grigory Yavlinsky, a Soviet economist whose ideas were so dangerous the state tried to erase his research (and him) in one of the most cruel ways imaginable - the Soviets convinced Yavlinsky that he had Tuberculosis and needed to have a lung removed. He was perfectly healthy.

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#GrigoryYavlinsky #Brezhnev #SovietUnion #ColdWar #Authoritarianism #russianhistory

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