<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> (1) On 28 September 1972, a search was carried out at the flat of Yu.A. Shikhanovich [see CCE 24.10 and CCE 25]. Before it had been completed Shikhanovich was presented with a warrant for his arrest. He was driven away, and the search concluded without him, in the presence … Continue reading Searches, Interrogations, Arrests, 1972 (27.2)
Category: Arrests
The Arrest of Yakir, 21 June 1972 (26.1)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> On 21 June 1972, Pyotr Ionovich YAKIR was arrested in Moscow. P.I. Yakir (b. 1923) is the son of General Iona Emanuilovich Yakir, a hero of the civil war, who was executed by Stalin; he served 17 years (from 1937 to 1954) in Stalin s prisons and camps. P. … Continue reading The Arrest of Yakir, 21 June 1972 (26.1)
Pre-Trial Investigations, August 1980 (57.9)
<<No 57 : 3 August 1980>> The Yakunin-Kapitanchuk-Regelson-Dudko Case. G. Yakunin was arrested on 1 November 1979 (CCE 54.1), L. Regelson on 24 December 1979 (CCE 55) and V. Kapitanchuk on 12 March 1980 (CCE 56). In Moscow, in March 1980, Investigators Kolpakov and Yakovlev (CCE 54) spent a whole day interrogating E. Barabanov (CCE … Continue reading Pre-Trial Investigations, August 1980 (57.9)
1 November 1979 (54.1)
<<No 54 : 15 November 1979>> On this day, Tatyana Mikhailovna VELIKANOVA, a veteran participant of the movement to defend the rule of law, and Orthodox priest Gleb Pavlovich YAKUNIN, a founder-member of the Christian Committee for the Defence of Believers' Rights in the USSR, were arrested in Moscow. T. Velikanova and G. Yakunin were … Continue reading 1 November 1979 (54.1)
The Arrest of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Merab Kostava, 7 April 1978 (45.9)
<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> On 23 March, the Tbilisi newspaper Dawn of the East printed an anonymous article, “Who benefits from this?” On 24 March, the article was republished in Georgian in the newspaper Komunisti. The same day Z. Gamsakhurdia was expelled from the Writers’ Union. On 25 March Zviad Gamsakhurdia issued a … Continue reading The Arrest of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Merab Kostava, 7 April 1978 (45.9)
The Arrest of Marinovich and Matusevich, 23 April 1977 (45.7)
<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> On 23 April 1977, members of the Ukrainian Helsinki group Miroslav Marinovich and Mykola Matusevich were arrested, and a search made in their flats. The same day searches were carried out at Matusevich’s parents’ (in their flat in Vasilkov and at their dacha in the village of Shevchenkovko); at … Continue reading The Arrest of Marinovich and Matusevich, 23 April 1977 (45.7)
The Arrest of Shcharansky, 15 March 1977 (44.9)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> On 4 March there appeared in Izvestiya (Moscow evening edition) an “Open letter from S. L. Lipavsky” to the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, to the UN and the US Congress, which contained a direct accusation of espionage against Anatoly Shcharansky and Alexander Lerner. In an … Continue reading The Arrest of Shcharansky, 15 March 1977 (44.9)
The Arrest of Yury Orlov, 10 February 1977 (44.7)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> On 1 February Yury Orlov was summoned to the Procuracy of the Cheryomushki district of Moscow to see investigator Ponomaryov. Orlov wrote a statement in the record of the interrogation: “It has been explained to me that case No, 46012/18-76 has been instigated against the journal of … Continue reading The Arrest of Yury Orlov, 10 February 1977 (44.7)
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