The Supreme Court of the Soviet Russian Republic has upheld the sentence of Vladimir Markman who was given a three-year prison term last Aug, for allegedly slandering the Soviet system, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported today. The NCSJ said the court acted Friday in a 20-minute session at which it was to consider Markman’s appeal. But it did not permit Markman to present his appeal and allowed no one to attend the session apart from Markman’s wife, Henrietta Kisina, the NCSJ learned from Jewish sources in the Soviet Union. The court, however, did dismiss a minor charge of “hooliganism” against Markman.
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