to a Letter from 273 Jews <<No 28 : 31 December 1972>> The Chronicle has the texts of two “information bulletins” circulated in Moscow in late December. A condensed summary of the first bulletin is given below. The text of the second is given in full. February 1971 protesters outside the USSR Supreme Soviet [BULLETIN … Continue reading A “reply” by the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, December 1972 (28.8)
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Pre-trial Investigations (26.4)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> In May 1972, Leonid Plyushch (see CCE 24.3) was sent to Moscow for a psychiatric examination. A number of facts oblige one to suppose that the diagnosis of the commission of experts has been determined in advance. One such fact was adduced in a statement by the Action Group … Continue reading Pre-trial Investigations (26.4)
New Functions for the [Security] services (26.10)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> On 2 July the Ninth International Congress of Gerontologists opened in Kiev. An hour before the inauguration of the congress the well-known Soviet biologist Zhores Medvedev, expounded a theory on the causes of ageing which has been received with much interest, was detained and expelled from Kiev. Zh. A. … Continue reading New Functions for the [Security] services (26.10)
The Trial of Alexander Feldman, 23 November 1973 (30.5)
<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> On 18 October 1973, Alexander Dmitrievich FELDMAN was arrested in Kiev on a charge of hooliganism. The following day his flat was searched (by a search party equipped with its own key). Feldman himself was not present at the search, during which the following items were confiscated: … Continue reading The Trial of Alexander Feldman, 23 November 1973 (30.5)
The Trial of Lisovoi, Pronyuk & Semanyuk, November 1973 (30.6)
<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> In November 1973, LISOVOI and PRONYUK (see CCE 27.1, pt 2; and CCE 28.7), together with SEMANYUK, faced trial in Kiev, charged under Article 62 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code (= Article 70 of the RSFSR code). The case was examined by the Kiev Regional Court. Vasyl … Continue reading The Trial of Lisovoi, Pronyuk & Semanyuk, November 1973 (30.6)
Repression in Ukraine, pt. 2 (27.1)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> Arrests In Kiev two staff-members of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Philosophy Yevhen Lisovy and Vasyl Pronyuk (aged about 30), have been arrested [note 1]. Lisovy had written a letter to the Ukrainian Central Committee and the KGB protesting about the increasing repressions in the Ukraine. The … Continue reading Repression in Ukraine, pt. 2 (27.1)
Trials in Ukraine (and Tashkent) (55.1)
<<No 55 : 31 December 1980>> The Trial of Streltsov, November 1979 On 25 October Vasily Streltsov (CCE 53), a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, was arrested in Dolina (Ivano-Frankovsk Region) for a “violation of residence regulations”. Two years ago, he renounced his Soviet citizenship and sent his passport to the Presidium of the … Continue reading Trials in Ukraine (and Tashkent) (55.1)
The Trial of Pyotr Vins, April 1978 (49.4)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> On 6 April the people’s court of the Podolsky district in Kiev sentenced a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, Pyotr Vins (b. 1956), under Article 214 of the Ukraine SSR Criminal Code ("leading during a long period of time of a parasitic way of life") to one year in … Continue reading The Trial of Pyotr Vins, April 1978 (49.4)
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