MOSCOW – Communist-era Ukrainian dissident Leonid Plyushch, who was detained for almost three years in a psychiatric ward by the Soviet authorities, died Thursday aged 76 close to Paris, a friend told AFP.
“Leonid died on Thursday morning,” said Arina Ginzburg, another Soviet dissident. “He was a remarkable man who went through terrible trials.” Mathematician Plyushch was …
Source: The Nation
