Vyshinsky

[ vi-shin-skee; Russian vi-shin-skyee ]

noun

1. Andrei Yanuarievich. Vishinsky, Andrei Yanuarievich.

Vyshinsky

/ viˈʃinskij /

noun

1. VyshinskyAndrei Yanuaryevich18831954MRussianLAW: juristPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: diplomat Andrei Yanuaryevich (anˈdrjej jənuˈarjɪvitʃ). 1883–1954, Soviet jurist, statesman, and diplomat; foreign minister (1949–53). He was public prosecutor (1935–38) at the trials held to purge Stalin's rivals and was the Soviet representative at the United Nations (1945–49; 1953–54)

Example Sentences

At the conclusion of the trial of two veteran Party leaders, Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev, the state prosecutor general, Andrey Vyshinsky, denounced the defendants with florid Stalinist rhetoric: “These mad dogs of capitalism tried to tear limb from limb the best of the best of our Soviet land. . . . I demand that these dogs gone mad should be shot—every one of them!”

From The New Yorker

A Russian journalist with the Ria-Novosti news agency, Kirill Vyshinsky, was released on bail Wednesday by a Ukrainian court, though he has told reporters that he wants to stay in Ukraine to clear his name in the courts.

From Washington Post

Vyshinsky was arrested in May 2018 and charged with treason; he was still awaiting trial.

From Washington Post

Kirill Vyshinsky, the Kiev bureau chief for the Russian state RIA-Novosti news agency, was arrested on treason charges in May 2018.

From Washington Post

Zelenskiy said in televised comments Friday that Ukraine could release journalist Kirill Vyshinsky, who have been in jail for a year on treason charges, if Russia releases film director Oleg Sentsov from Russia-occupied Crimea.

From Washington Times