«No 8 : 30 June 1969» The fate of Anatoly MARCHENKO, author of My Testimony, is well-known to readers of the Chronicle. On 21 August 1968, he was sentenced to one year in a strict-regime camp, for "infringing identity document regulations” (CCE 3.1 [1]). Marchenko's friends say the charge was trumped up, as was borne … Continue reading Marchenko again under investigation, May 1969 (8.9)
Category: Judicial repression
Case 24, part 1: November-December 1972 (28.3)
<<No 28 : 31 December 1972>> The USSR Committee for State Security (KGB) continues to occupy itself with "Case 24". This first attracted attention in mid-January 1972 when a series of searches and arrests were made (CCE 24.2) in Moscow, Kiev, Vilnius, and other Soviet cities. Today it is clear that Case 24 is essentially … Continue reading Case 24, part 1: November-December 1972 (28.3)
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