«No 20 : 2 July 1971» The case was heard in the Leningrad City Court [1] from 11-20 May 1971. The nine accused, and the charges (RSFSR Criminal Code) against them were: Articles 17 ("complicity"), 64-a ("Betrayal of the Motherland"), 70-1 & 72 and 189-1 ("concealing a crime") Gilya Izrailevich BUTMAN (39), engineer: Articles 17, … Continue reading Leningrad Trial, the “Aeroplane Affair”, 1971 (20.1)
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Jewish Movement for Emigration to Israel, 1971 (18.6)
<<No 18 : 5 March 1971>> On 5-6 January 1971 the Leningrad Military Tribunal heard the case of Vulf Zalmanson (b. 1939), a member of the armed forces, who was arrested together with the eleven persons already convicted in the "aeroplane" case (CCE 17.6-1). The trial was held in camera. The father and brother of … Continue reading Jewish Movement for Emigration to Israel, 1971 (18.6)
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