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    • Nos 1-11, 1968-1969 (Russian)
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    • Nos 12-22, 1970-1971 (Russian)
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    • Nos 23-30, 1972-1973 (Russian)
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    • Nos 31-43, 1974-1976 (Russian)
  • 1977-9 (44-55)
    • Nos 44-55, 1977-1979 (Russian)
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    • Nos 56-65, 1980-1982 (Russian)
  • “LAW AND ORDER”
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    • Articles 70 & 72
    • Article 190
    • INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

Category: CZECHOSLOVAKIA*

esp. in and immediately after August 1968 events

“Red Square at Noon”, Aug ’68 (3.3)

22 September 201316 July 2026

«No 3 : 30 August 1968» The most outspoken protest against the aggression in Czechoslovakia was the sit-down demonstration which took place on 25 August  1968 at 12 noon on Red Square. * A LETTER from one of the participants in the demonstration, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, gives detailed information about this event: "To the chief editors … Continue reading “Red Square at Noon”, Aug ’68 (3.3)

Czechoslovakian Events, ’68 (3.2)

22 September 20132 October 2026

No 3 : 30 August 1968 Pamphlet Pamphlets containing protests against the occupation of Czechoslovakia have begun circulating widely in Moscow. The text of one of these documents is printed below. "LET US THINK FOR OURSELVES "The Central Committee and the majority of members of the Communist Party of China, also of the Communist Parties of Albania, Indonesia, North … Continue reading Czechoslovakian Events, ’68 (3.2)

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ARTICLE 19

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(1948 UN General Assembly)

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«Хроника текущих событий», 1968-1982

(CCE in Russian; not currently accessible)

«Вести из СССР», 1978-1987
Bukovsky Archive, 1937-1994

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