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Ratushinskaya, Irina Borisovna, 1954-2017 Russian dissident, poet and writer
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1954-2017
History
Irina Borisovna Ratushinskaya, (born March 4, 1954) is a prominent Russian dissident, poet and writer.On September 17, 1982, Irina was arrested for anti-Soviet agitation. In April 1983, she was convicted of "agitation carried on for the purpose of subverting or weakening the Soviet regime", sentenced to seven years in a labor camp followed by five years of internal exile. She was released on October 9, 1986