Viktor Mikhaylovich Sukhodrev ( ; 12 December 1932 -- 16 May 2014 ) was a Soviet Russian personal interpreter for among others , Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev , Mikhail Gorbachev and Alexey Kosygin .
Viktor Mikhaylovich Sukhodrev ( 12 December 1932 -- 16 May 2014 ) was a Soviet-born Russian personal interpreter . He worked among others , Nikita Khrushchev , Leonid Brezhnev , Mikhail Gorbachev and Alexey Kosygin .