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The Week In Russia: Dreams Of A Patriot: 100 Years Of Sakharov
RFE
21 May 2021, 20:15 GMT+10
Born a century ago, atomic bomb designer and dissident Andrei Sakharov died two years before the Soviet Union s collapse, cutting short his struggle for pluralism, freedom, and respect for the individual. What would he think of Russia today? Sources Of Strength
On December 14, 1989, Andrei Sakharov was preparing for battle in the Soviet Congress of People s Deputies the following day, readying a speech in which he would press for the Communist Party to be stripped of its monopoly on political power.
He never delivered it: Sakharov died that evening, at the age of 68, after leading