Soviet Dissident Reportedly Freed From Labor Camp
A member of an unofficial Soviet peace group has been released from a two-year term in a labor camp, a fellow activist told a Western reporter Friday.
Larisa Chukayeva, a member of the Committee to Establish Trust Between the U.S.S.R. and the United States, returned to Moscow on Thursday, according to the report by fellow activist Alexander Rubchenko.
The unofficial peace group was founded in June, 1982.
Chukayeva was sentenced last July on charges of falsifying medical documents. Rubchenko said she received an amnesty under a legal provision covering charges that are not considered particularly serious.
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