Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Sakharov's Widow Speaks Up in Battle for Russia's Future
Another excellent report today from the Washington Post about the struggle within the Kremlin between the pro-Western reformers and the former KGB. Here's just one excerpt:"Several prominent human rights advocates described the billionaire as a political prisoner. 'I think that any person becomes a political prisoner if the law is applied to him selectively, and this is an absolutely clear case to me,' Yelena Bonner, widow of the legendary dissident Andrei Sakharov, told Ekho Moskvy radio. 'This is a glaringly lawless action.' "
Posted by Amy Ridenour at 12:54 AM
