Anti-Soviet Agitation and Propaganda
<<31 December 1975, No 38>> The trial in the case of Sergei KOVALYOV (CCEs 34-37) took place on 9-12 December in Vilnius, at the Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR. [For Kovalyov's arrest in December 1974, see CCE 34.1] The chairman of the court was M. Ignotas, a member of the Supreme Court of the … Continue reading Trial of Sergei Kovalyov, December 1975 (38.3)
<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> In November 1973, LISOVOI and PRONYUK (see CCE 27.1, pt 2; and CCE 28.7), together with SEMANYUK, faced trial in Kiev, charged under Article 62 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code (= Article 70 of the RSFSR code). The case was examined by the Kiev Regional Court. Vasyl … Continue reading Trial of Lisovoi, Pronyuk & Semanyuk, Nov 1973 (30.6)
<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> From 19 to 23 November 1973, the trial was held in Moscow of Balakirev and Bolonkin, who were charged under Article 70 of the RSFSR Criminal Code. The case was examined by the Moscow City Court. * Valery Ivanovich BALAKIREV (b. 1940), a lecturer at the Moscow … Continue reading The Trial of Bolonkin & Balakirev, Nov 1973 (30.4)
<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> On 28 September 1972 Yury Shikhanovich was arrested after a search of his flat. Two searches had been conducted there prior to this, one on 14 January (related to Case 24) and the other on 6 May (related to the case of K. A. Lyubarsky). Biographical data … Continue reading The Trial of Shikhanovich, November 1973 (30.3)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> The Trial of Yury Melnik On 15, 16 and 19 June 1972, the Leningrad City Court heard the case of Yury Melnik (CCE 24.2), charged under Articles 70 & 196 ("forgery, manufacture or sale of forged documents, stamps, seals or forms") of the RSFSR Criminal Code. The chairman was … Continue reading Political Trials, June 1972 (26.2)
<<No 29 : 31 July 1973>> From 10 to 16 July 1973 the collegium of the Leningrad City Court (chairman – Karlov, people’s assessor Dyakov, second assessor-name unknown to the Chronicle) heard in open court the case of G. V. Davydov and V. V. Petrov, indicted under Article 70, part 1, of the RSFSR Criminal … Continue reading The Trial of Davydov & Petrov, July 1973 (29.2)
<<No 28 : 31 December 1972>> The trial of Pyotr Petrovich STARCHIK (see CCE 25.2) was held on 14 December 1972 in the Moscow City Court. Starchik (b. 1939) is married with two children, aged seven and one-and-a half. He finished two years of study in the psychology department of Moscow University and worked as … Continue reading The trial of Starchik, December 1972 (28.5)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> Vladimir llych TRIFONOV (b. 1938, Kalinin Region, Central Russia). In 1966 Trifonov was studying at the physics faculty of the Kalinin Pedagogical Institute. He frequently argued with teachers in the department of political economy. As a result, a psychiatric examination was arranged for him. The examination lasted five minutes, … Continue reading Political Prisoners in Psychiatric Hospitals, 1972 (26.5)
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