Iona Andronov

Iona Andronov
Иона Андронов
Member of the Congress of People's Deputies of Russia
In office
16 May 1990 – 4 October 1993
Personal details
Born
Iona Ionovich Andronov

(1934-05-19)19 May 1934
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died7 October 2024(2024-10-07) (aged 90)
Moscow, Russia
Political partyCPSU (until 1991)
EducationInstitute of Oriental Languages
OccupationJournalist

Iona Ionovich Andronov (Russian: Иона Ионович Андронов; 19 May 1934 – 7 October 2024) was a Russian journalist and politician. He served in the Congress of People's Deputies from 1990 to 1993.[1]

Iona Andronov would claim that the CIA was behind the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II with the help of Turkish assassin, Mehmet Ali Ağca in response to Western accusations that the attack was planned by the Soviets.[2]

Andronov died in Moscow on 7 October 2024, at the age of 90.[3]

References

  1. ^ "АНДРОНОВ Иона Ионович". labyrinth.ru (in Russian).
  2. ^ "A Soviet journalist charged Thursday that the CIA was..." UPI Archives. 14 July 1983. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ^ Yuryev, Stanislav (8 October 2024). "В Москве скончался известный журналист-международник Иона Андронов". Moskovskiy Komsomolets (in Russian). Retrieved 11 October 2024.