Human rights activist Boris Desertsev died
Boris Desertsev. Photo: Golos-ameriki.ru In St. Petersburg, at the 79th year of his life, after a severe long illness, human rights activist Boris Pustintsev died. It is reported by Fontanka.ru. In the 50s, desertov participated in an underground group, which consisted mainly of students of the 1st Leningrad Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. In November 1956, they distributed leaflets with protest against the suppression of the Soviet troops in Hungary.