The Soviet dissident Vasif Maylanov died
Vasif Meilanov. Photo: Wikipedia In Makhachkala, at the 75th year of his life, the Soviet dissident, political prisoner, public figure, philosopher and mathematician Vasif Meilanov died. This is reported by Interfax. In 1977, he wrote the philosophical and political work "Notes on the fields of Soviet newspapers" dedicated to criticism of the theory of communism, where he advocated freedom of speech and press, the abolition of articles 70 and 190-1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR.