<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> S. Polikanov (14 May 1978) On the eve of the trial of Yu. Orlov, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences S. Polikanov appealed to scientific and cultural figures in various countries, calling on them to “speak out decisively and immediately in defence of Yury Orlov and Alexander … Continue reading On the Trial of Yu. Orlov (51.20)
Tag: Judge Lubentsova*
судья Московского городского суда Валентина Г. Лубенцова г.р. 1923
The Trial of Yury Orlov, 15-18 May 1978 (50.1)
<<No. 50, November 1978>> From 15 to 18 May the Moscow City Court heard the case of Yury Orlov, charged under Article 70 of the Russian Criminal Code. Judge V.G. Lubentsova presided over the court (she judged the Red Square ‘demonstrators’ in October 1968, CCE 4.1). The lay assessors were G.N. Tsvetkov and A.N. Lebedev. … Continue reading The Trial of Yury Orlov, 15-18 May 1978 (50.1)
The Trial of Victor Kapitanchuk, 8-9 October 1980 (58.5)
<<No 58 : November 1980>> On 2 September Tatyana Kapitanchuk telephoned Moscow KGB investigator Levchenko, who was conducting the case against her husband Victor Kapitanchuk, a member of the Christian Committee to Defend Believers' Rights in the USSR (arrested 12 March, CCE 56). She asked him whether he knew what her husband’s opinion was on … Continue reading The Trial of Victor Kapitanchuk, 8-9 October 1980 (58.5)
The Trial of Gleb Yakunin, 25-28 August 1980 (58.3)
<<No 58 : November 1980>> The case of Father Gleb Pavlovich YAKUNIN, a member of the Christian Committee to Defend Believers’ Rights in the USSR, was heard from 25 to 28 August at the Moscow City Court. The judge was V. G. Lubentsova who also presided over the cases of the Red Square ‘demonstrators’ in … Continue reading The Trial of Gleb Yakunin, 25-28 August 1980 (58.3)
The Trial of Bukovsky, Nov. 1971 to January 1972 (23.1)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> [Appeals and Statements] In a letter of 26 November 1971 [64] addressed to the Fifth International Congress of Psychiatrists in Mexico, the Action Group for Human Rights in the USSR announced its support "for the appeal and proposals of the Committee for Human Rights [CCE 22.7, item 5]. which … Continue reading The Trial of Bukovsky, Nov. 1971 to January 1972 (23.1)
The case of Bukovsky, March 1972 (24.1)
<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> On 5 January 1972 the Moscow City Court passed sentence on Vladimir Bukovsky (see Chronicle 23.1). [Note 1, see Commentary] For Soviet readers the only official source of information on the trial of Vladimir Bukovsky was an article by A. Yurov and L. Kolesov, “Biography of villainy”, in the … Continue reading The case of Bukovsky, March 1972 (24.1)
Red Square demonstrators’ trial, 9-11 October 1968 (4.1)
<<No 4 : 31 October 1968>> As reported in the third issue of the Chronicle, on 25 August 1968, at 12 noon, seven people staged a sit-down demonstration at the Place of Proclamation [Lobnoe mesto] on Red Square, as a protest against the sending of Soviet troops into Czechoslovakia. Six of them — Konstantin Babitsky, … Continue reading Red Square demonstrators’ trial, 9-11 October 1968 (4.1)
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