Overview

• Russian Ambassador Alexander Darchiev handed Luna a roughly 350-page package drawn from declassified Soviet archival records on the Kennedy assassination.
• The embassy said the materials were assembled by an editorial board for a collection titled “The Murder of Kennedy and Soviet-American Relations.”
• Luna stated that a team will begin translation and analysis at her office and that she intends to publish the documents once the review is complete.
• The Russian side indicated the same collection is scheduled for official publication in Russia in November.
• The exchange follows the U.S. National Archives’ March release of most JFK-related records, and no independently verified new findings have been presented beyond the Warren Commission’s conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.