<<No 50 : November 1978>> From 15 to 19 May the Tbilisi City Court heard the case of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Merab Kostava. The two men were charged with “anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda” (Article 71 of the Georgian Criminal Code [equivalent to Article 70 of the Russian Code]). The court was presided over by A. … Continue reading Gamsakhurdia & Kostava on trial, 15-19 May 1978 (50.2)
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The Trial of Yakir and Krasin: August 1973 (30.2)
«No 30 : 31 December 1973» On 27 August 1973, judicial proceedings commenced in the Lyublino district people's court in Moscow in the case of Pyotr YAKIR and Victor KRASIN, indicted for criminal anti-Soviet activities under Article 70, pt. 1, of the RSFSR Criminal Code. The judge was Mironov, deputy chairman of the Moscow City … Continue reading The Trial of Yakir and Krasin: August 1973 (30.2)
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