«No 58 : November 1980» 1-1. Trial: charges, witnesses ... 1-2. Trial: closing words, Soviet press, public response * THREE SECTIONS 1. Closing words The summing-up then began. * PROSECUTION The procurator’s speech began and ended with quotations from Lenin. In the middle he referred to the international situation, saying that Velikanova’s activities served the … Continue reading Velikanova Trial, August 1980, Pt. 2 (58.1-2)
Uniate believers again persecuted, April 1969 (7.5)
«No 7 : 30 April 1969» In spite of the USSR Constitution, which guarantees freedom of conscience, the Greek-Catholic or UniateChurch was forcibly liquidated in 1944 by organs of the MGB (KGB predecessor) in Western Ukraine. Priests who did not adopt the Orthodox faith were sent to camps after false charges had been fabricated. The … Continue reading Uniate believers again persecuted, April 1969 (7.5)