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Tag: Article 70*
Anti-Soviet Activities
Political Prisoners, 1 February 1987 (KGB report)
KGB report to Gorbachev (Bukovsky Archives online). The numbers then serving a sentence under Articles 70, 190-1 and 142 of the RSFSR Criminal Code. One third held in psychiatric institutions; encouraging applications for a pardon from such prisoners; terms of release terms eased [Russian 1 Feb 87, 183-Ch] (9 pp) Excerpts. ================================== [page one of … Continue reading Political Prisoners, 1 February 1987 (KGB report)
The trial of Galanskov, Ginzburg, Dobrovolsky and Lashkova, 8-12 January 1968 (1.1)
<<No 1 30 April 1968>> On 10 December 1968 it will be twenty years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration of Human Rights. "Human Rights Year" began all over the world on 10 December 1967. On 11 December 1967 the trial of Yury GALANSKOV, Alexander GINZBURG, Alexei DOBROVOLSKY and Vera LASHKOVA was … Continue reading The trial of Galanskov, Ginzburg, Dobrovolsky and Lashkova, 8-12 January 1968 (1.1)
The Trial of Kronid Lyubarsky, 26-30 October 1972 (28.4)
<< No 28 : 31 December 1972 >> The case of K. A. LYUBARSKY was heard from 26 to 30 October 1972 in Noginsk, Moscow Region, at an assizes session of the Moscow Region Court. He was charged with disseminating libellous anti-Soviet fabrications with the aim of undermining and weakening the Soviet regime (Article 70 … Continue reading The Trial of Kronid Lyubarsky, 26-30 October 1972 (28.4)
Political Trials, Spring 1972 (25.1)
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> ODESSA [Ukraine] A trial, held off and on from 4 to 19 May, has now come to an end. The defendants, Oleksa Prityka, Oleksa Riznykiv and Nina Strokata (see CCE 22 and 23) were charged under Article 62 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code. In court the following … Continue reading Political Trials, Spring 1972 (25.1)
The Trial of D. Mikheyev and F. de Perregaux, September 1971 (21.2)
<<No 21 : 11 September 1971>> Moscow. The trial of Dmitry Mikheyev and Francois de Perregaux, a citizen of Switzerland, took place in public at the Moscow City Court on 17-23 August (for their arrest, CCE 16.10, item 7; and investigation, CCE 18.10, item 4). The investigator was KGB Major Fochenkov. The chairman of the … Continue reading The Trial of D. Mikheyev and F. de Perregaux, September 1971 (21.2)
The Trial of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Merab Kostava, 15-19 May 1978 (50.2)
<<No 50 : November 1978>> From 15 to 19 May the Tbilisi City Court heard the case of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Merab Kostava. The two men were charged with “anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda” (Article 71 of the Georgian Criminal Code [equivalent to Article 70 of the Russian Code]). The court was presided over by A. … Continue reading The Trial of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Merab Kostava, 15-19 May 1978 (50.2)
The Trial of Victor Kapitanchuk, 8-9 October 1980 (58.5)
<<No 58 : November 1980>> On 2 September Tatyana Kapitanchuk telephoned Moscow KGB investigator Levchenko, who was conducting the case against her husband Victor Kapitanchuk, a member of the Christian Committee to Defend Believers' Rights in the USSR (arrested 12 March, CCE 56). She asked him whether he knew what her husband’s opinion was on … Continue reading The Trial of Victor Kapitanchuk, 8-9 October 1980 (58.5)
The Trial of Lev Regelson, 22-24 September 1980 (58.4)
<<No 58 : November 1980>> From 22 to 24 September the Moscow City Court, presided over by Mironov, heard the case of Lev Lvovich Regelson (b. 1939; arrested 24 December 1979, CCE 55.2), a participant in the Christian Seminar, who was charged under Article 70 of the RSFSR Criminal Code. The prosecutor was Assistant Moscow … Continue reading The Trial of Lev Regelson, 22-24 September 1980 (58.4)
The Trial of Tatyana Velikanova, 27-29 August 1980 (58.1)
«No 58 : November 1980» From 27 to 29 August the case of Tatyana Mikhailovna Velikanova (b. 1932; arrested 1 November 1979, CCE 54.1), charged under Article 70 of the RSFSR Criminal Code, was heard by the Moscow City Court, presided over by Deputy Chairman of the Court V. G. Romanov. The prosecution was led … Continue reading The Trial of Tatyana Velikanova, 27-29 August 1980 (58.1)
The Trial of Vladimir Osipov, 24-26 September 1975 (37.2)
<<No 37 : 30 September 1975>> From 24 to 26 September the Vladimir Region Court dealt with the case of Vladimir Osipov (CCE 34.7, Case 38 [pdf, p. 23]), charged under Article 70, section 2, of the RSFSR Criminal Code. * Vladimir Nikolayevich Osipov was born in 1938. From 1961 to 1968 he spent seven … Continue reading The Trial of Vladimir Osipov, 24-26 September 1975 (37.2)
The Trial of Gleb Yakunin, 25-28 August 1980 (58.3)
<<No 58 : November 1980>> The case of Father Gleb Pavlovich Yakunin, a member of the Christian Committee to Defend Believers’ Rights in the USSR, was heard from 25 to 28 August at the Moscow City Court. The judge was V. G. Lubentsova who also presided over the cases of the Red Square ‘demonstrators’ in … Continue reading The Trial of Gleb Yakunin, 25-28 August 1980 (58.3)
The Release of Bukovsky, 18 December 1976 (43.1)
<< No 43 : 31 December 1976 >> In September (?) of this year, the Danish Committee for the Sakharov Hearings proposed to the Soviet and Chilean authorities that they should simultaneously release Vladimir Bukovsky and Luis Corvalan from imprisonment. * V. Bukovsky was arrested in March 1971 and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and … Continue reading The Release of Bukovsky, 18 December 1976 (43.1)
The Riga Trial of the Four, 24-27 May 1971 (20.2)
<<No 2 : 2 July 1971>> On 24-27 May the case of A.A. Shpilberg, aged 33, an engineer, B.M. Maftser, aged 24, an engineer, M.Z. Shepshelovich, aged 28, a mechanic, and R.I. Alexandrovich, aged 23, a nurse, was heard in the Latvian SSR Supreme Court. [30] MEMBERS OF THE COURT Presiding – L. I. Lotko, … Continue reading The Riga Trial of the Four, 24-27 May 1971 (20.2)
The Trial of Felix Serebrov, 20-21 July 1981 (63.1b)
<<No 63 : 31 December 1981>> On 5 April Felix Serebrov wrote a statement, the essence of which was that he, Serebrov, being hostile towards the Soviet authorities, had been engaged in the composition and circulation of documents and materials which were used by the Western media, thus damaging the international prestige of the USSR. … Continue reading The Trial of Felix Serebrov, 20-21 July 1981 (63.1b)
The detention of Valentin Prussakov, 1967-1968 (1.7)
<< No 1 : 30 April 1968 >> In February 1967 Valentin Prussakov, a student of the Institute of Railway Engineers, was arrested in Moscow. During a search it was mainly his verses which were confiscated [1]. He was charged under Article 70 of the RSRSR Criminal Code. In February 1968 a trial was fixed … Continue reading The detention of Valentin Prussakov, 1967-1968 (1.7)
The Leningrad trial of 17-26 December 1968 (5.2)
<<No 5 : 31 December 1968>> Issues 3 and 4 of the Chronicle gave news about the arrest of several people [CCE 3.4] in Leningrad, and about the circumstances of their arrest [CCE 4.5]. *** In October two of the accused in this case, Nikolai Danilov and Yevgeny Shashenkov, were declared of unsound mind and … Continue reading The Leningrad trial of 17-26 December 1968 (5.2)
