Word: izvestiyaâ
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...guilty verdict has been a foregone conclusion since March 1977, when the government newspaper Izvestiya???just before Shcharansky's arrest?accused him of spying for the CIA. According to Shcharansky's brother Leonid, who was admitted to the courtroom, the defendant's first action was to dismiss the lawyer who had been assigned to him by the KGB in place of the attorney he had requested and been denied. Conducting his own defense, Shcharansky made a one-hour opening statement to the presiding judge and two lay assessors who constituted a jury. During the five-day trial, his brother later...
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