Voznesenskaya (Okulova) Trial, Dec 1976 (43.5)

<<No 43 : 31 December 1976>> Chronicle 42 (CCE 42.3 [1]) described the searches and arrests in Leningrad in connection with Case 62, the “anti-Soviet slogans case”, particularly the arrest of Julia OKULOVA (Voznesenskaya is her pen-name) and Natalya Lesnichenko. Three days after they were arrested Okulova and Lesnichenko were released on condition that they … Continue reading Voznesenskaya (Okulova) Trial, Dec 1976 (43.5)

Leningrad Trial, the “Aeroplane Affair”, 1971 (20.1)

«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)