<<No 54 : 15 November 1979>> On this day, Tatyana Mikhailovna VELIKANOVA, a veteran participant of the movement to defend the rule of law, and Orthodox priest Gleb Pavlovich YAKUNIN (CCE 54.1-2), a founder-member of the Christian Committee for the Defence of Believers Rights in the USSR, were arrested in Moscow. Velikanova and Yakunin were … Continue reading 1 November 1979, Velikanova’s Arrest (54.1-1)
Political Releases, April 1979 (53.1)
<<No 53 : 1 August 1979>> PARDONS. AN EXCHANGE. GINZBURG'S FAMILY * (1) Pardons. On 15 June 1970, a group of people who were planning to hijack an aeroplane and escape abroad in it were arrested in Leningrad. In December of the same year, they were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, and on two … Continue reading Political Releases, April 1979 (53.1)
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