‘Live not by lies’: Solzhenitsyn’s last letter from the USSR

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‘Live not by lies’: Solzhenitsyn’s last letter from the USSR

by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2021 On Feb. 12, 1974, Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn was arrested. The next day, he was exiled to the West. On the day of his arrest in the Soviet Union, Solzhenitsyn released the text of “Live Not by Lies”: There was a time when we dared not rustle a whisper. But now […]

Putin salutes Solzhenitsyn as ‘true patriot’ who would not abide Russophobia

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Putin salutes Solzhenitsyn as ‘true patriot’ who would not abide Russophobia

by WorldTribune Staff, December 11, 2018 Late Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a “true and real patriot” who even in exile “did not allow anyone to talk dismissively and badly about his motherland,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Dec. 11. “He stood up against any expression of Russophobia,” Putin said after unveiling a statue […]