<<No 20 : 2 July 1971>> On 24-27 May the case of A.A. Shpilberg (aged 33), an engineer, B.M. Maftser (24), an engineer, M.Z. Shepshelovich (28), a mechanic, and Ruta I. Alexandrovich (23), a nurse, was heard in the Latvian SSR Supreme Court [1]. * MEMBERS OF THE COURT Presiding: L. I. Lotko, member of … Continue reading The Riga Trial of the Four, 24-27 May 1971 (20.2)
«No 20 : 2 July 1971» The case was heard in the Leningrad City Court [1] from 11-20 May 1971. The nine accused, and the charges (RSFSR Criminal Code) against them were: Articles 17 ("complicity"), 64-a ("Betrayal of the Motherland"), 70-1 & 72 and 189-1 ("concealing a crime") Gilya Izrailevich BUTMAN (39), engineer: Articles 17, … Continue reading Leningrad Trial, the “Aeroplane Affair”, 1971 (20.1)
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