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Reds Jail Scientist For Anti-Soviet Acts
Moscow based top Soviet astrophysicist Kronid A Lubarsky was sentenced to five years in a labor camp for anti-Soviet activity. He was charged with possessing reading and distributing materials including Chronicle of Current Events. Lubarsky accused samizdat and called for uncensored press and democratization. Government critics sought U.N. intervention citing closed doors at trial and forced removal of attendees.
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