July 1978 Natan Sharansky
The USSR puts one of many refuseniks on trial ― Natan (Anatoly) Sharansky. The prosecution claims that he betrayed his homeland, spied for the West and distributed anti-Soviet propaganda. Sharansky is sentenced to 13 years in prison ― 3 in isolation and 10 in a labor camp.
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