Col. Eugene Khrushchev

{p}Colonel Evgeny Khrushchev is a military analyst at Russia Today (RT){/p} {p}Contrary to the family tradition, he didn’t apply to Vladivostok Navy Academy to join the Pacific Fleet but enrolled in the Red Banner Institute specializing in Central Asian affairs.{/p} {p}He was a PSYOPS officer for the 56th Airborne Assault Brigade in Gardez, Paktia, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan - First Secretary of the Russian Embassy in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. {p}The Russian Airborne peace-keeping mission under the aegis of UNPROFOR. {p}His main mission is to promote rapport & rapprochement between Russian & American veterans in close cohesion with US military attaché General Reppert and Special Forces General Metaxis.{/p} {p} * Led the 1st delegation of Soviet Afghan Vets to the US at the invitation of VVA & VVC * Addressed SOLIC Command and JFK Special Warfare School * Consulted CBS 60 Minutes on the Soviet campaign in Afghanistan * Interviewed by ABC 20/20 and Discovery Channel * Featured by France Press, Boston Globe and USN& WR during the 1st Moscow putsch. {/p} {p}Inspired by Chinese strategy, Persian Sufi poetry and British cats; addicted to Country & Blues and muscle cars.{/p} {p}Favorite personal/personnel carrier – KA-50 Black Shark, due to financial & social constraints, settled for KTM 950 SM.{/p}