«Grani.ru» “Alexander LAVUT was a member of the Action Group for the Defence of Human Rights, the first organisation in the USSR to openly defend such rights, yet he never boasted about having belonged to the oldest organisation of its kind in Russia. Lavut was among the editors of the legendary Chronicle of Current Events … Continue reading Alexander Lavut (1929-2013)
Category: Supplementary
Commentary No 28
No 28 : 31 December 1972 28.7 News in brief AI - According to the samizdat "Register of People Convicted in the 1960's" (item 70) Nikolayenko was sentenced in 1969 by the Chernigov Regional Court to 5 years for "anti-Soviet agitation". As 25 year sentences have not been imposed since 1960 it would therefore appear … Continue reading Commentary No 28
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