<<No 34 : 31 December 1974>> [1] Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Not for publication On the abolition of restrictions on choice of place of residence, formerly stipulated for certain categories of citizens. The Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet decrees: (1) That the restrictions on choice of place of residence … Continue reading Official Documents, 1974 (34.21)
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Materials from the Newspapers (26.12)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> On 8 February, the paper Penza Pravda [Volga District], under the heading “Legal Feature , published an article “The Fall” (by O. Telbukh) concerning the trial of A. S. Lakalov, who was accused of “the dissemination of deliberate fabrications defaming the Soviet system” [note] (evidently Article 190-1 of the … Continue reading Materials from the Newspapers (26.12)
Five Official Documents, 1975-1977 (47.17)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» [1] Article 209 (“parasitism”) of the RSFSR Criminal Code On 7 August 1975, the Presidium of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet issued a Decree “On the introduction of amendments to Article 209 of the RSFSR Criminal Code” (Gazette of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet 1975, No. 33, p. 698). At the … Continue reading Five Official Documents, 1975-1977 (47.17)
The Expulsion of a Correspondent (26.6)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> On 5 May David Bonavia, Moscow correspondent of the London paper The Times, was ordered to leave the USSR. On the same day, the British government registered a protest. D. Bonavia is the twentieth foreign correspondent to be expelled from the USSR in the last two years. On 6 … Continue reading The Expulsion of a Correspondent (26.6)
The Trial of Maramzin, 19-21 February 1975 (35.4)
<<No 35 : 31 March 1975>> From 19 to 21 February 1975 Vladimir Rafailovich MARAMZIN, a prose writer, a member of the trade union group among the writers at the Leningrad branch of the Soviet Writer publishing house, was on trial at the Leningrad City Court. The presiding judge was Isakova, the people’s assessors were … Continue reading The Trial of Maramzin, 19-21 February 1975 (35.4)
A Letter to the Chronicle from G. Superfin, May 1975 (36.13)
At the end of March 1974, on reading the materials of my ‘criminal’ case (No. 27), conducted by the Oryol Region KGB, I officially informed Captain Oleg S. Ilin, who led the investigation (see a reference to him in the “Statement to the Press” made by E.V. Barabanov on 15 September 1973), that I would … Continue reading A Letter to the Chronicle from G. Superfin, May 1975 (36.13)
Soviet Dissent and “Index on Censorship”
A LETTER FROM MOSCOW (8 August 1968) The original impetus for the creation of the Index on Censorship magazine came from an Open Letter addressed "To World Public Opinion" by two Soviet dissenters, Pavel Litvinov and Larisa Bogoraz. Larisa Bogoraz and Pavel Litvinov, Moscow Describing "the atmosphere of illegality" surrounding the January 1968 trial of … Continue reading Soviet Dissent and “Index on Censorship”
An Interview with A.I. Solzhenitsyn, 30 March 1972 (25.3)
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> On 30 March 1972 A.I. SOLZHENITSYN gave an interview to Western journalists.[1] Here are extracts from the interview : Q. What are you working on now? October 1916, the second volume of the same book. Q. Will it be finished soon? No, In the course of the … Continue reading An Interview with A.I. Solzhenitsyn, 30 March 1972 (25.3)
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