Anna Narinskaya provided the following narration:
“In Gorky, Sakharov and his wife Elena Bonner were placed in an apartment without a telephone. KGB officers were always on duty in the entrance hall. When no one was at home, the apartment was regularly searched. KGB cars followed Sakharov and his wife wherever they went.

But even this massive surveillance wasn’t enough. Sakharov was watched by lots of agents with hidden cameras who pretended to be ordinary passersby, shop assistants, and clinical staff. In addition, cameras were installed in many places that Sakharov visited regularly, such as the hospital.”

During the years of Perestroika, when the KGB archives were briefly made available, the surviving video footage was handed over to the Sakharov’s family.

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“An astonishing lineup of internationally renowned musicians comes together to celebrate the centenary of Andrei Sakharov—physicist, humanist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner for championing universal human rights, disarmament, and peace, in whose name the European Union established the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.”

The ASF is immeasurably grateful to our amazing artists for their generosity:

Gidon Kremer, Violin
Maxim Vengerov, Violin
Steven Isserlis, Cello
Evgeny Kissin, Piano
Lera Auerbach, Piano
Emerson String Quartet

We are also very thankful to Sir Clive Gillinson, Ms Ann Weber and the entire team at Carnegie Hall for their outstanding professionalism and great support they’ve given us.

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