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Along with fellow dissidents Aleksandr Ginzburg, Mark Dymshits, Edward S. Kuznetsov and George P. Vins, he was exchanged last Friday in New York for Valdik A. Pnger and Rudolf P. Chernyayev, both convincted last October of spying for the Soviet Union...
Along with fellow dissidents Aleksandr Ginzburg, Mark Dymshits, George P. Vins and Edward S. Kuznetsov, Moroz was exchanged on Friday for Valdik A. Enger and Rudolf P. Chernyayev, both United Nations employees convicted last year of spying for the Soviet Union and sentenced to 50 years...
Toai's reference to "gulags" is deliberate; he has written a book about his experience entitled "Tales from a Vietnamese Gulag," and he likens his political education to that of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. "At first when I read Solzhenitsyn I thought he was just anti-Communist, but now I know it is true. You have to see Communism to believe it," Toai says. Like Solzhenitsyn, he has gone from revolutionary supporter to virulent anti-Communist propagandist...
...Solzhenitsyn Library: A solid choice if a bit difficult to pronounce for some. Aleksandr is a bearded patriarch of human rights and his name should inspire decent--if non-materialistic--political thoughts in K-School students. The contest organizers want an inspirational name. Who could better satisfy them? Objections: Tinges and wisps of Socialism and Communism. The guy doesn't even speak English. Newsweek caption: "Solzhenitsyn at Harvard, permanently...
...What do you think of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's remarks at Harvard about Western society...