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Russian politician In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yakovlevich and the family name is Dzhugahsvili.

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Yevgeny Dzhugashvili
Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Джугашви́ли
Born	Yevgeny Yakovlevich Golishev (1936-01-10)10 January 1936 Uryupinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	22 December 2016(2016-12-22) (aged 80) Moscow, Russia
Citizenship	Russian, Georgian
Education	Candidate of Military Sciences Candidate of Historical Sciences
Alma mater	Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy The Lenin Military-Political Academy
Political party	Stalin Bloc – For the USSR, Communist Party of Georgia
Children	2 sons
Parents	Yakov Dzhugashvili (father) Olga Pavlovna Golysheva (mother)
Relatives	Galina Dzhugashvili (sister) Joseph Stalin (paternal grandfather) Kato Svanidze (paternal grandmother)

Yevgeny Yakovlevich Dzhugashvili (Russian: Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Джугашви́ли; 10 January 1936 – 22 December 2016) was a Soviet Air Force colonel. He was the son of Yakov Dzhugashvili, the eldest son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and gained notice as a defender of his grandfather's reputation. In the 1999 elections of the Russian State Duma, he was one of the faces of the Stalin Bloc – For the USSR, a league of communist parties. He resided in Georgia, his grandfather's homeland. He was found dead close to his home in Moscow in December 2016.

Dzhugashvili vs. Novaya Gazeta

In September 2009, Dzhugashvili made international headlines when he sued the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta after the magazine published an article claiming his grandfather personally signed execution orders against civilians. On 13 October 2009, the Russian court rejected Dzhugashvili's case, stating that its reasons would be made public at a later date. Dzhugasvili was given five days to appeal.

Criticism of Putin

In January 2015, responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s macho acts in a video, where he appears shirtless and is seen taming and riding a horse, Dzhugashvili said it is "all a publicity stunt and only showed how the president was leading the country without brains". The Independent additionally stated he had said "the mess in Russia would have been avoided if Stalin had lived for five more years".