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Tag: 1977 (January) Moscow explosions*

Metro (Kursk railway station), plus 25 October Street (Kitai-gorod)

An Official Document, January 1979 (56.29)

30 April 20244 May 2026

<<No. 56 : 30 April 1980>> An excerpt from the judgement, 24 January 1979, of the Judicial Board (USSR Supreme Court) for Criminal Cases: see “Explosions in Moscow” (CCE 44.16) and “The Metro Explosion Trial” (CCE 52.1). *** The Court was presided over by E.A. Smolentsev, Vice-Chairman of the USSR Supreme Court, with People’s Assessors … Continue reading An Official Document, January 1979 (56.29)

Three Official Documents, March 1979 (52.18)

15 April 20246 March 2025

<<No 52 : 1 March 1979>> ARMENIAN QUESTIONNAIRE. CONTROL OVER BELIEVERS (TIRASPOL). ADVICE ON LEAVING THE CAMPS * [1] A QUESTIONNAIRE (29 questions) Given to Shagen Arutyunyan [1] in spring 1978 at the Lefortovo KGB Investigations Prison (Moscow) Paragraph [Question] 15 is apparently missing. (The numeration given in the available copy of the Chronicle is … Continue reading Three Official Documents, March 1979 (52.18)

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Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(1948 UN General Assembly)

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    Case 24, part 1: November-December 1972 (28.3)
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