The Trial of Kirill Podrabinek, 14 March 1978 (49.1)

<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> On 14 March, the people’s court of Elektrostal (Noginsk district, Moscow Region) examined the case of Kirill Podrabinek (b. 1952), charged under Article 219, part 1, of the Russian Criminal Code (‘... the keeping, obtaining and manufacture ... of firearms (other than smooth-bore hunting weapons) or ammunition ... without obtaining … Continue reading The Trial of Kirill Podrabinek, 14 March 1978 (49.1)

We support today’s political prisoners

A declaration by political prisoners of the Soviet period 8 February 2021 <<Other texts and documents>> As political prisoners of the Soviet period, who experienced the prisons, camps, detention centres,  torture by hunger and cold, and other similar methods of Soviet “re-education”, we have been indignant to learn of the unlawful detention, beatings and conditions … Continue reading We support today’s political prisoners

The Case of the Podrabineks, December 1977 to February 1978 (48.7)

<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> On 1 December 1977, the brothers Alexander and Kirill Podrabinek (CCE 47) and their father Pinkhos Abramovich PODRABINEK were summoned for a “chat” by Yu.S. Belov, chief of a department at the Moscow City and Regional KGB. Alexander refused to appear. “On behalf of the Committee for State Security” … Continue reading The Case of the Podrabineks, December 1977 to February 1978 (48.7)