‘For me, it was not enough to know that my voice would not be a ‘yes’–it was important to me that my voice would not be a ‘no’.’
Final Statements
‘I consider it extremely important that the citizens of our country should be truly free. This is important also because our country is the largest socialist state and–whether for better or for worse–everything that happens in it affects other socialist countries.’
‘For ten minutes, I was a citizen.’
‘And I understood that I might pay for five minutes of freedom on Red Square with years of imprisonment.’
‘As a result of the trial, my conviction that I have not violated the law remains unshaken.’
'We are unequivocally, clearly and categorically innocent people.'
'We had no intention of committing any crimes.'
The Final Statement ‘I want to say that, whatever happens next, we all have one important feeling in this case. The greatest and most important one. It illuminates life and…
'I will be extremely brief. I am innocent.'
'I believe that no one committed what they are trying to accuse us of. I ask the court to be rational. To rationally consider all the evidence from both sides and make the right decision.'
'Our case is of no significance whatsoever, and no one involved in it deserves such cruel punishment.'
'I devoted my entire gift as a writer to the working people...'
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