History suggests that when power changes hands in Russia, it often involves bloodshed.

History now sees former Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev as something of a liberal reformer.

Unusually for a Russian, Khrushchev lived on after being ousted, and died a natural death.

His granddaughter, Nina Khrushcheva is a professor of international affairs in New York.

We spoke to her and asked what she thinks her grandfather would have made of recent events.