<<No 30 : 31 December 1973>> On 25 December 1972 the presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet passed decree No. 1707 (or 7707 -- accounts vary) on measures to prevent the commission of crimes. One of the preventive measures stipulated by the decree is the giving of a warning [preduprezhedenie] by state security personnel to … Continue reading An unpublished decree, December 1972 (30.13)
Category: Searches
The Trial of Bedarev and Raksha, 3-7 July 1978 (51.6)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> From 3 to 7 July Tashkent City Court, presided over by I. M. Yusupov, examined the case of Viktor Gennadievich BEDAREV (b. 1949) and Pyotr Vasilyevich RAKSHA (b. 1947). They were charged under Article 192-1, pt. 2, of the Uzbek Criminal Code (“resistance to a police officer or a … Continue reading The Trial of Bedarev and Raksha, 3-7 July 1978 (51.6)
Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, December 1973 (30.7)
<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> Investigation of the Superfin Case As previously reported (CCE 29.4), Gabriel Gavrilovich SUPERFIN was arrested on 3 July 1973, his home was searched and the following items confiscated: notebooks, books in foreign languages including detective stories by Agatha Christie and a literary work to which Superfin had … Continue reading Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, December 1973 (30.7)
The Persecution of the Crimean Tatars (27.4)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> Documents concerning the movement of the Crimean Tatars to return to their homeland and their persecution [see note 1] by the authorities: 1. An appeal to the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, the USSR Council of Ministers and the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU (copy … Continue reading The Persecution of the Crimean Tatars (27.4)
The Trial of Shikhanovich, November 1973 (30.3)
<< 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)
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, 1972 (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, 1972 (27.2)
Events in Lithuania, March 1977 (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, March 1977 (44.22)
