stategate
Stategate refers to a series of events that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s, involving the Soviet Union and the United States. The term was coined by Soviet journalist Anatoly Shcharansky, who was released from a Soviet prison camp in 1986 after being imprisoned for 14 years. Shcharansky alleged that the Soviet Union had been secretly providing intelligence to the United States, which he claimed was used to undermine the Soviet Union's interests.
The Stategate allegations were first made public in 1989, when Shcharansky published an article in The New
Despite the skepticism, the Stategate allegations had a significant impact on U.S.-Soviet relations. The allegations led
The Stategate allegations were ultimately discredited, and the term "Stategate" fell out of use. However, the