Nicholas Daniloff

Nicholas Daniloff is an American journalist and 1956 Harvard graduate who was most prominent in the 1980s for his reporting on the Soviet Union. From 1981 to 1986 Daniloff served as the Moscow bureau chief for U.S. News & World Report. Shortly before his tenure ended, he became known internationally on August 30, 1986, when he was arrested in Moscow by the KGB and accused of espionage. This period would come to be known as the “Daniloff Affair”. On September 23 Daniloff was allowed to leave the Soviet Union without charges.