<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Orthodox Christians; Pentecostals; Baptists; Jehovah's Witnesses; Adventists * ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS On 2 July the Deputy Head of the Smolensk KGB ‘chatted’ for an hour and a half with T.N. Shchipkova (CCE 49) about the journal Community [Obshchina] (CCE 49 and “Samizdat Update” in this issue, CCE 51.21), Shchipkova refused … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers, Dec. 1978 (51.15)
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Александр Огородников
The trial of Poresh, 23-25 April 1980 (57.1)
<<No 57 : 3 August 1980>> From 23 to 25 April the Leningrad City Court, presided over by a vice-chairman of the Leningrad City Court, N. S. Isakova (CCEs 1, 12, 16, 20, 35, 53), heard the case of Vladimir PORESH (b. 1949, arrested on 1 August 1979, CCE 54.5), charged under Article 70 of … Continue reading The trial of Poresh, 23-25 April 1980 (57.1)
The Trial of Stasevich, Mikhailov and Kochneva, December 1979 (55.1)
<<No 55 : 31 December 1980>> On the night of 7-8 October Alexei STASEVICH (b. 1957), Vladimir MIKHAILOV (b. 1952) and Alevtina KOCHNEVA (b. 1959) were arrested in Leningrad for writing on the walls of houses the slogans: “Down with State Capitalism” and “Democracy, not Demagogy”, and also for posting a sticker signed “the Revolutionary … Continue reading The Trial of Stasevich, Mikhailov and Kochneva, December 1979 (55.1)
The Persecution of Believers-1 (49.14)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> Orthodox Christians; Catholics in Georgia; Adventists Orthodox Christians In recent years, a certain sign of the celebration of Easter has been the appearance of reinforced squads of police and vigilantes who surround the churches and zealously refuse to let young people through to the services. Every year the system of … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers-1 (49.14)
A New Way of Fighting Religion, June-July 1976 (41.4)
[Alexander ARGENTOV] On 14 July 1976 Alexander Alexandrovich ARGENTOV (b. 1951) was summoned to the military registration and enlistment office of Moscow's Tushino district. He was sent for immediate examination to a psychiatric clinic. Argentov had never been registered as a psychiatric patient before. On his arrival at the clinic Dr Alexander Ivanovich Mazikov told … Continue reading A New Way of Fighting Religion, June-July 1976 (41.4)
The Trial of Ogorodnikov, 3-7 September 1980 (58.6)
<<No 58 : November 1980>> From 3 to 7 September 1980 the Kalinin Regional Court heard the case of Alexander Ioilevich OGORODNIKOV (b. 1950), who was charged under Article 70 of the RSFSR Criminal Code. Ogorodnikov was arrested on 20 November 1978 (CCE 51.15) and sentenced to one year in ordinary-regime camps for ‘parasitism’ (CCE … Continue reading The Trial of Ogorodnikov, 3-7 September 1980 (58.6)
Persecution of Participants in a Religious Seminar, December 1976 (43.11)
<<No 43 : 31 December 1976>> Chronicle 41.2 ("Religion in the USSR”) reported on the persecution of Alexander Ogorodnikov and his friends. Ogorodnikov organized a seminar on religion and philosophy for Orthodox young people. He is 26 years old; a few years ago he was expelled from his third year at the All-Union State Institute … Continue reading Persecution of Participants in a Religious Seminar, December 1976 (43.11)
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