Russia refutes Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory

A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry denied allegations that Russia was involved in the number one suspect who shot and killed former US President John Kennedy.

TASS news agency on October 26 quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as refuting views that Russia was involved in the assassination of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy.

Accordingly, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said that all efforts to link Russia with the assassination of former US President Kennedy "are just wild and shocking insults."

Ms Zakharova was responding to a comment about US media rumours that the assassin of the youngest US President was Lee Harvey Oswald, who may have had contacts with Soviet secret services and undergone 'special training' during his time in the Soviet Union.

This information has been kept secret for decades, the spokeswoman said.

If it is being presented as a punch to Russia, it is a shame. Because it is information, not the falsehoods that people want to turn it into."

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

Ms. Zakharova said she was shocked to hear such rumors, when Russia was considered to be behind the assassination of the US President.

“I cannot even imagine how one could distort this topic to such an extent,” Ms. Zakharova stressed.

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman stressed that the publication of other documents related to the Kennedy assassination is a matter of US sovereignty.

“I understand very well why the international community – historians, political scientists and many others who have tried to find out the truth – is fascinated by this topic,” said Ms. Zakharova.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that thousands of documents from the National Archives related to the assassination of 35th US President John Kennedy will be released on October 26.

What role did the Soviet Union play in suspect number 1?

According to documents published by the American media, Oswald went to the Soviet Union and applied for a new Soviet visa but was unsuccessful.

Oswald arrived in Moscow in September 1959, four years before assassinating the 35th President of the United States, who was trusted by the American people.

As soon as he arrived in Moscow, Oswald immediately declared himself a communist.

To get to Moscow, Oswald had to travel a long way. On September 20, 1959, he left his hometown of New Orleans with the excuse of going to Le Havre, France to study.

But that is not what happened, instead of France, Oswald flew to Helsinki, Finland where he had been issued a Soviet visa.

Suspect number 1 in the assassination of President Kennedy.

A few days later, when the Soviet government rejected Oswald's request to extend his visa, which was only valid for one week, the former US Marine cut his wrists and attempted suicide but did not die.

Oswald said he could not bear the thought of returning to America.

However, after Oswald's failed suicide attempt, the Soviet government realized that a dead American in Moscow would make things worse, and they reluctantly let Oswald stay.

Oswald's life in Minsk could be compared to that of the aristocracy.

His salary at that time was 700 rubles, Oswald received an additional 700 rubles from the Red Cross Committee and “easily” earned 1,400 rubles (equivalent to 5,600 USD in 1959) per month.

But then, in January 1960, Oswald was sent to Minsk, where he worked as an assembly worker at the local radio and television station.

Here, Oswald married and had a daughter, but life was difficult.

In June 1962, Oswald brought his wife and young daughter back to the United States from the Soviet Union (with the help of the Soviet Foreign Ministry in the hope that the Americans would show clemency to a deserter).

Notably, before hiding deep in the Soviet mainland for a year to operate, Oswald wrote a long letter expressing all his political goals to his brother in the US.

In the letter, Oswald told his brother that he was willing to commit an assassination for political reasons, Oswald wrote: “I want you to understand what I am saying now, I do not need flowery words, do not need to be gentle, or indifferent because I have been trained in the military....

In case of war, I swear to kill any American wearing the uniform of the US Government's defense force." Moreover, Oswald also emphasized: "I will not spare any American."

Back in 1959, while working in Minsk, Oswald was assigned a private Russian language teacher, Mr. Stanislav Shushkevich.

Stanislav Shushkevich later became the first leader of Belarus when the Soviet Union collapsed.

In an interview conducted not long ago, Mr. Shushkevich recalled that Oswald was a very neat person but quite "slow". Mr. Shushkevich doubted that his former colleague had the "guts" to shoot and kill the US President.

There are still many doubts and conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of the US leader, but one of the conspiracy theories is that Oswald may have received support from many countries that oppose the US.

According to Dan Tri