Word: refuseniks
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Dates: during 1975-1975
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Another show trial of a refusenik is scheduled this month in Leningrad. The accused is Vladimir Maramzin, who is charged with disseminating his "anti-Soviet" writings; in fact, he is the author of nonpolitical books for children. If convicted, Maramzin is subject to possibly seven years' imprisonment. Maramzin was arrested last July, right after he visited a Soviet visa office where he applied for emigration to Israel. The secret police arrived in his apartment just as he was beginning to fill out the application forms...