«Vesti iz SSSR» [R], 1986 (22/23-1; 15 December). On 8 December 1986 Anatoly Tikhonovich MARCHENKO (b. 1938), a political prisoner for many years, died in the maximum-security Chistopol Prison (Tatarstan). * HUNGER STRIKE For several months prior to his death, Marchenko had been on hunger strike, which he began on 8 August 1986 (1986: 17-7). … Continue reading The Death of Anatoly Marchenko (1938-1986)
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02. Vladimir Bukovsky, 1942-2019
Belebei (USSR), 30 December 1942 — Cambridge (UK), 27 October 2019. Vladimir BUKOVSKY died of cardiac arrest in Addenbrookes Hospital, in Cambridge, England at 9:30 pm (Greenwich Mean Time) on Sunday, 27 October 2019. He was 76. His health had been poor in recent years. After his expulsion from the USSR in December 1976, he … Continue reading 02. Vladimir Bukovsky, 1942-2019
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