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...Anatoly Dobrynin, who died April 6 at 90, was not your average diplomat. As the current U.N. Security Council so plainly put it in a statement, "He played a major role in saving the world from a nuclear disaster." Dobrynin, who worked with six American Presidents as the Soviet ambassador to the U.S., took on that position in 1962. Almost immediately, he was involved in negotiations with the Kennedy brothers to defuse the Cuban missile crisis. Originally an engineer, Dobrynin was ambassador for 24 Cold War years; altogether his storied diplomatic career lasted more than 40 years. While serving...
...next day, during his private meeting with Shultz at the U.S. embassy residence, Shevardnadze was accompanied by Anatoli Dobrynin, longtime Soviet Ambassador to Washington, and several other aides. (Later it was learned that Dobrynin will soon leave his post in Washington, where he has been Ambassador for the past 23 years, to become one of Shevardnadze's top deputies in Moscow...
...four hours of private talks that followed, neither side budged an inch. On the American side were Shultz, McFarlane and U.S. Ambassador Arthur Hartman. Sitting with Gorbachev were Shevardnadze and Soviet Ambassador to Washington Anatoli Dobrynin. The meeting got straight to business, but it quickly became apparent that no one was ready to modify set positions. Shultz had come to Moscow largely to probe for possible Soviet concessions, but found Gorbachev unyielding on almost every point. Human rights? That subject was "discussed rather fully," Shultz told reporters later, "but I have nothing to report as to what possible constructive outcome...
...title Captain Outrageous, Turner showed up at a victory press conference roaring drunk and tugging at a bottle of aquavit. During a conference on arms control in Atlanta early this month, Turner dined with the likes of Jimmy Carter and Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin. When the conversation began to bore Turner, he produced a tiny TV from his pocket, set the device on the table and proceeded to watch a Braves game...
...Nikolai Dobrynin's Misha is a man of a hundred smiling faces and several dozen frowns. His face is an open book, mirroring exactly Misha's emotions. One character comments on Misha's unwavering optimism by noting that his America is "in the nuthouse." But as Misha loses his innocence, his face becomes steadily grimmer. Dobrynin's virtuoso performance cements the film. The entire cast, in fact, merits special praise for their acting. Spotty subtitles cause the full meaning of the Russian dialogue to be lost on English speakers, but the marvelous performances transcend language...