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Sakharov case spotlights status of Soviet dissidents
Reports from Moscow describe a harsh crackdown on dissidents as high profile figures like Andrei Sakharov are silenced or moved to closed cities. The 1982 Helsinki monitor group dissolved after indictments, while Sakharov and others endure hunger strike pressure and travel restrictions amid renewed government caution toward opposition.
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Moscow
Sakharov
Andrei Sakharov
Soviet Union
Soviet Baltic Republics
Anatoly Sheharansky
Yuri Orlov
Alexander Ginzburg
Sofia Kallistratova
Yelena Ronner
Sukharov
Naum Meiman
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Human Merits
Bonner
Gorky
Meiman
Trina Kristi
Sovet
Anatoly Shcharansky
Orlov and
Shchariansky
Orlos
Ginzburg