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<<No. 56 : 30 April 1980>> Victor Sokirko: ’To F. A. Abramov’ (20 November 1979) Having read F. Abramov’s article ’What We Eat and Live On’ in Pravda (17 November) the author writes: “Our only salvation from advancing economic bankruptcy and future Stalinism would be a radical reconstruction of economic relations ... A radical re-evaluation … Continue reading Letters and Statements, April 1980 (56.27-1)
<<No 55 : 31 December 1979>> On 18 October the RSFSR Supreme Court examined the appeals of E. Kuleshov and his lawyer (CCE 53) and ruled that the judgment of the Rostov Regional Court was based on insufficient evidence (the testimony of the single prosecution witness Kurbatsky was contradictory), cancelled the sentence and sent the … Continue reading Miscellaneous Reports, December 1979 (55.9)
<<No. 56 : 30 April 1980>> At the end of January 1980, a large group of Muscovites (cf CCE 45.18) were called in for ‘prophylactic’ chats [note 1]. On 28 January 1980, Felix SEREBROV, a member of the "Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes", was summoned for a chat. So … Continue reading Prophylactic chats in Moscow, Jan 1980 (56.8)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» The third and fourth issues of the bulletin Concerning the Draft Constitution of the USSR (for issues 1 and 2 see CCE 46.18), include the letter by Mark Popovsky mentioned in CCE 46, another letter by Leonard Ternovsky, letters from Orion Kvachevsky, Larisa Bogoraz, Yury Grimm, Yury Sergeyev, Yevgeny … Continue reading Discussion of Draft [1977] Constitution (47.16-2)
<<No 46 : 15 August 1977>> Apart from the widely publicized expressions of approval in the Soviet press (some of which contained corrections and additions, which are mostly of a minor nature), the proposed Constitution has given rise to a number of letters containing serious comments and well-argued proposals. Although these letters were sent to … Continue reading Discussion of Draft [1977] Constitution (46.18-1)
<<No. 56 : 30 April 1980>> A Search at the Home of Grivnina. On 26 December 1979, a search was conducted at Irina GRIVNINA’s home in Moscow in connection with the case of V. Yanin, who had been charged by the Kuibyshev KGB under Article 64 (RSFSR Criminal Code: “Betrayal of the Motherland”) for illegally … Continue reading Persecution of Working Commission, April 1980 (56.4)
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES All reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 55 & 56, see below) are given [in square brackets] next to the items on this Contents page * 1. The Exile of Andrei Sakharov [46-55] 1.1 Phones cease to … Continue reading No 56 : 30 April 1980
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Two of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 59-61, see below) are given to the right of the items in this Contents page in [square] brackets * (1) STATEMENT Chronicle 59 (confiscated by KGB); turnover … Continue reading No 60 : 31 December 1980
A Chronicle of Current Events 