The release of Sakharov

Update: 2011-12-27

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In December 1986 the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was allowed to return to Moscow.

He had spent seven years in internal exile.

His release had been ordered by the reforming Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Photo: AFP/Getty Images

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The release of Sakharov

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The release of Sakharov