<<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by the decree is the giving of a warning [preduprezhedenie] by state security personnel to … Continue reading An unpublished decree, December 1972 (30.13)
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News in Brief, July 1973 (29.11)
<<No 29 : 31 July 1973>> [1] Irina Kristi, Tatyana Velikanova, 0lga Joffe, Irina Kaplun, Ludmila Kardasevich, Yury Kiselev, Malva Landa, Sergei Khodorovich, Tatyana Khodorovich and Nadezhda Shatunovskaya have sent a letter to R.A. Rudenko, Procurator-General of the USSR. It concerns a violation committed by the Moscow City Procurator’s Office with respect to S.G. Myuge … Continue reading News in Brief, July 1973 (29.11)
Materials from the Soviet press, 1972 (27.10)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> On 26 July 1972, the paper Evening Tbilisi [Vecherny Tbilisi] published an interview with the Rector of the Pushkin Pedagogical institute in Tbilisi, Natela Vasadze. it included, amongst other things, the following exchange: Correspondent -- At a recent Plenum of the City Council one of your teachers was criticised … Continue reading Materials from the Soviet press, 1972 (27.10)
Letters & Statements, July-Oct 1972 (27.7)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> In defence of Pyotr Yakir 1. In July 1972, a letter in defence of P.I. Yakir (arrest, CCE 26.1) was sent to the CPSU Politburo and the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet. Amongst other things the letter says: Pyotr Yakir, 1923-1982 "Pyotr Yakir always felt it his duty … Continue reading Letters & Statements, July-Oct 1972 (27.7)
Searches, Interrogations, Arrests, 1972 (27.2)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> (1) On 28 September 1972, a search was carried out at the flat of Yu.A. Shikhanovich [see CCE 24.10 and CCE 25]. Before it had been completed Shikhanovich was presented with a warrant for his arrest. He was driven away, and the search concluded without him, in the presence … Continue reading Searches, Interrogations, Arrests, 1972 (27.2)
Miscellaneous Reports, 1978 (51.19-1)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Political Prisoner’s Day 30 October 1978 was declared “Political Prisoner Day” by the Moscow Helsinki Group (Document No. 66 [see CCE 51.20]): “We emphasize especially: the majority of political prisoners in the USSR are prisoners of conscience, who have not in fact committed any crimes... The fulfilment of the … Continue reading Miscellaneous Reports, 1978 (51.19-1)
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)
Shcharansky. Indictment, July 1978 (50.4-2)
<<No. 50 : November 1978>> * Shcharansky on Trial (50.4-1) The Indictment (50.4-2) The Trial 10-14 July (50.4-3) * SHCHARANSKY was charged with “espionage” and “helping a foreign government to carry out hostile activities against the USSR”, under Article 64 (RSFSR Criminal Code). Anatoly SHCHARANSKY (b. 1948) “Espionage” is detailed in the indictment in the … Continue reading Shcharansky. Indictment, July 1978 (50.4-2)
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