Vladimir Solovyov had previously said Russia was 'facing off against NATO' and had called for a strike on the U.K. parliament.
Sudiplatov, born in what is now modern-day Ukraine, was a high-ranking intelligence officer in the Soviet Union. He was involved in major operations, including the assassination of Stalin's rival and leading communist Leon Trotsky in 1940.
Praise of the Soviet Union and its figures is not new for Solovyov or the wider Russian establishment. Henry Sardaryan, dean at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations said territories of the Russian empire and the Soviet UnionIn a clip shared by The Daily Beast's Julia Davis earlier this year, Sardaryan said no other nation should even question Moscow about the idea that former Soviet states should be part of Russia.
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