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Vyshinsky

American  
[vi-shin-skee, vi-shin-skyee] / vɪˈʃɪn ski, vɪˈʃɪn skyi /

noun

  1. Andrei Yanuarievich. Vishinsky, Andrei Yanuarievich.


Vyshinsky British  
/ viˈʃinskij /

noun

  1. 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)

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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.

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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 Seattle Times

Moskalkova was invited to attend a court hearing in Kiev that was expected to rule on the detention of the journalist, Kirill Vyshinsky, who has been in custody for a year facing charges of supporting Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.

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