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The Imprisonment of Irina Ratushinskaya

The dissident poet was sentenced to 7 years in a Soviet labour camp. She was released on the eve of a nuclear summit between Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in 1986.

The dissident poet was sentenced to 7 years in a Soviet Labour camp. She suffered from cold, malnutrition and harsh treatment, but she continued to write poems secretly. She was released on the eve of a nuclear summit between the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan in 1986. Irina Ratushinskaya died on July 5th 2017. She spoke to Louise Hidalgo for Witness in 2016.

(Photo: Irina and her husband Igor, arriving in London in December 1986. Credit: Topfoto)

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