Gennadi Gerasimov

Gennady Ivanovich Gerasimov (Russian Геннадий Иванович Герасимов; born March 3, 1930 in Jelabuga; † 14 September 2010 in Moscow) was a Russian diplomat.

Gerasimov was in 1986 in the Soviet Union foreign policy spokesman of Mikhail Gorbachev and his foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze. He is one of the personalities of German unity. After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1990 as a diplomat Gerasimov went to Germany.

Became internationally known to be imprinted in October 1989 dictum of the Sinatra Doctrine.

After recollection of various journalists Gerasimov counts as an author of the best- Gorbachev ascribed dictum: " Those who are late will be punished by life." (. Кто опаздывает, того наказывает жизнь ) At a press conference on October 7, 1989 during the state visit in the GDR declared the diplomat, meeting with Gorbachev Erich Honecker let be characterized by the following quote: "Those who are late will be punished by life Itself. "