Aleksandr Skobov, one of the last Soviet dissidents alive and unlikely to leave the Russian prison camp where he has been confined since being convicted of “justifying terrorism” has sent a letter to his wife which he clearly sees as his testament and a message to those fighting against Putin’s fascism.

Novaya Gazeta has now published that letter with an introduction by opposition politician Leonid Gozman who describes Skobov as “not simply a hero but a sainting the direct Biblical sense” and his letter as “a fantastic document” that everyone concerned about Russia must read (novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/07/30/podvig-skobova).

In Gozman’s words, Skobov “avoids pathos and does not say that he has sacrificed his life for his principles although that is the case.........

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