<<No 53 : 1 August 1979>> [1] Ernst Orlovsky: ‘Self-interview’ (1979, 10 pp). 1. Do you consider yourself a dissident? Who are dissidents? What do they want? Yes, I consider myself a dissident. ... a dissident is a person who disagrees with some or other important aspect of the political and/or economic system in the … Continue reading Samizdat Update, Aug 1979 (53.31)
<<No 53 : 1 August 1979>> Sergei Khodorovich: ‘Appeal to the Press’. One of the administrators of the fund to aid political prisoners writes about the threats to which I. Zholkovskaya, Ye. Sirotenko, Ye. Bonner and A. Sakharov are being subjected. They are all being threatened with physical reprisals from ‘persons unknown’. Publicity could avert … Continue reading Letters and Statements, Aug 1979 (53.30)
<<No 41 : 3 August 1976>> YAKUTIA. On 22 June 1976 Pavel Bashkirov, an official of the Museum of Fine Arts in Yakutsk, was arrested in Nyurbachan. In December 1975 his flat had been searched without a warrant and he had later been interrogated, without a record being made (see CCEs 38, 39). On 11 … Continue reading Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, Aug 1976 (41.5)
<<No 34 : 31 December 1974>> In February 1974 Ernst Orlovsky, an employee at the Leningrad Metrological Scientific Research Institute, was reduced from the rank of leading engineer (190 roubles a month) to that of engineer (110 roubles). On 12 August Orlovsky wrote an open letter addressed ‘To the Deputies of the USSR Supreme Soviet, … Continue reading Extrajudicial Persecution, Dec 1974 (34.15)
<<No 46 : 15 August 1977>> UKRAINE. On 28 June 1977 the Supreme Court of the Ukrainian SSR, after hearing the appeal in the case of Pyotr Ruban (CCE 45), left the sentence unchanged. * UZBEKISTAN. At the end of June 1977, the father of Amner Zavurov (CCE 44) was asked to write a plea … Continue reading Miscellaneous Reports, Aug 1977 (46.15)
Letters and Statements, May 1977 (45.19-1) Letters and Statements, May 1977 (45.19-2) <<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> * GEORGIA; THE MESKHETIANS Zviad Gamsakhurdia: “To the Georgian SSR Minister of Culture O. Taktakisbvili” (28 February 1977) Gamsakhurdia describes further damage to the David-Garedzha monastery caused by artillery-men of the Transcaucasian Military District (CCEs 38, 42), … Continue reading Letters and Statements, May 1977 (45.19-2)
<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> MOSCOW As reported in CCE 44, the case started against Malva Landa for the fire in her room was sent in February 1977 for further investigation. On 21 April the pretrial investigation was completed. The trial started on 16 May 1977. On 17 May the trial was postponed, at … Continue reading News in Brief, May 1977 (45.18)
<<No. 56 : 30 April 1980>> [1] G. Pomerants: “My Interlocutor Viktor Sokirko” (March 1980, 9 pp.) “... Obviously, any alarming idea is tendentious: it suggests something, calls something into question. Sokirko was never an extremist. He even wrote a letter defending conformism, opposing escape into an inner exile and favouring dialogue with the government … Continue reading Samizdat update, Aug 1979-March 1980 (56.28)
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