How did the USSR React to JFK's Assassination? (Short Animated Documentary)

Summary by Krater

This video examines how the Soviet Union and its leadership reacted to the assassination of JFK, detailing the immediate shock, KGB investigations into potential links, and fears of a nuclear escalation.

From the video

Answers: How did the Soviet Union react to the assassination of JFK?

• JFK assassination reaction
• Cold War Soviet perspective
• KGB investigation
• Lee Harvey Oswald Soviet ties
• Soviet-US diplomatic relations

What it concludes

• The KGB immediately launched an investigation and discovered they had never attempted to recruit Lee Harvey Oswald because he was seen as unreliable.
• The Soviet Union opted to share all of its files on Lee Harvey Oswald to avoid being blamed for the assassination.
• The KGB believed JFK had been assassinated by the far-right who wanted to blame the USSR and start a nuclear war.