<<31 December 1975, No 38>> The trial in the case of S.A. 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 The Trial of Sergei Kovalyov, 9-12 Dec. 1975 (38.3)
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An unpublished decree, December 1972 (30.13)
<<No 30 : 31 December 1973>> On 25 December 1972 the presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet passed decree No. 1707 (or 7707 -- accounts vary) on measures to prevent the commission of crimes. One of the preventive measures stipulated by the decree is the giving of a warning [preduprezhedenie] by state security personnel to … Continue reading An unpublished decree, December 1972 (30.13)
Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, 1978 (51.8)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Moscow. On 25 August 1978, Moscow KGB officials, headed by a senior investigator of the Investigations Department, Captain V. S. Semenyuk, conducted a search of the home of Mark Aronovich MOROZOV (CCE 47.15). The decision to conduct a search was authorized by a military procurator. In the decision it … Continue reading Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, 1978 (51.8)
The Trial of Bolonkin and Balakirev, November 1973 (30.4)
<< 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 and Balakirev, November 1973 (30.4)
The Trial of Shikhanovich, November 1973 (30.3)
<< 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)
A Chronicle of Human Rights in the USSR (29.1)
<<No 29 : 31 July 1973>> The Publication of A Chronicle of Human Rights in the USSR has begun. The first issue (November 1972-March 1973) is a brochure of 80 pages. Publisher: Khronika Press, New York, 1973. Editors: Peter Reddaway (London) and Edward Kline (New York). Price: [$3.00]. The title page closely resembles the typewritten … Continue reading A Chronicle of Human Rights in the USSR (29.1)
The Case of Gabriel Superfin, 1973-1974 (32.3)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> Gabriel Superfin (b. 1943), the author of a number of articles and works prepared for publication on the history of Russian literature and culture” [note 1], was arrested in Moscow on 3 July 1973 (see CCE 30.7). He was taken to Oryol [Orël, Central Russia], as one of the … Continue reading The Case of Gabriel Superfin, 1973-1974 (32.3)
The trial of Nekipelov, May 1974 (32.4)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> In May 1974, the Vladimir Regional Court examined the case of V. A. Nekipelov charged under Article 190-1 of the RSFSR Criminal Code (for search and interrogations of Nekipelov in the Myuge case, and for his arrest, see CCE 29). Victor Alexandrovich NEKIPELOV was born in 1928; he has … Continue reading The trial of Nekipelov, May 1974 (32.4)
