<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> On 28 September 1972 Yury Shikhanovich was arrested after a search of his flat. Two searches had been conducted there prior to this, one on 14 January (related to Case 24) and the other on 6 May (related to the case of K. A. Lyubarsky). Biographical data … Continue reading The Trial of Shikhanovich, November 1973 (30.3)
Category: Searches
Searches, Interrogations, Arrests (26.3)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> Odessa At the beginning of May, Grigory Berman (aged 26) submitted his documents to OVIR in order to leave lot Israel. A week later he was summoned to the KGB, who demanded that he give information about some of his friends, threatening that if he did not, permission to … Continue reading Searches, Interrogations, Arrests (26.3)
Searches, Interrogations, Arrests (27.2)
<<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 (27.2)
Events in Lithuania (44.22)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> On 13-15 September 1976 in the Lithuanian Supreme Court the case of Genrikas Klimaškauskas and Zigmas Širvinskas under Article 199-1 of the Lithuanian Criminal Code (corresponding to Article 190-1 of the Russian Code) was heard in closed session. Klimaškauskas and Širvinskas were arrested on 13 February 1976 … Continue reading Events in Lithuania (44.22)
The case of Alexander Lavut (57.7)
<<No 57 : 3 August 1980>> Fifty-one signatures appear under the appeal “Alexander Lavut Has Been Arrested”, issued on 5 May (he was arrested on 29 April 1980, CCE 56): “... What crime has been committed by this wonderful, modest, hardworking man, who loves his country and has worked indefatigably for it over many years? … Continue reading The case of Alexander Lavut (57.7)
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 Ginzburg-Orlov Case (45.4)
<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> Officially this is two separate cases: Case No. 6, conducted by the Kaluga KGB against A. I. Ginzburg (investigator Lt.-Colonel Oselkov) and Case No. 7, conducted by the Moscow KGB against Yu. F. Orlov. * On 4 July, the day after the arrest of Ginzburg, a search was conducted … Continue reading The Ginzburg-Orlov Case (45.4)
Search at the home of Mnyukh, 7 February 1977 (44.6)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> On 7 February, a search was carried out at the flat of a member of the Moscow Helsinki group, Yury Mnyukh, with the sanction of A. I. Tikhonov and a warrant from senior investigator Pantyukhin. It was conducted by investigator Morozov; witnesses were A. I. Vladimirov and … Continue reading Search at the home of Mnyukh, 7 February 1977 (44.6)
