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World Service,28 Jun 2004,25 mins

Yuri Druzhnikov

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Exiled Russian novelist and historian Yuri Druzhnikov, also described as a "courageous humanist", was arrested and close to being killed by the Soviet authorities for questioning Soviet propaganda and for his dissident writings. Interview by Denis Murray.

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