Ku dhammee weedhan soo socda: Rips wuxuu ahaa ardaygii ugu horreeyay ee dugsiga sare ka soo jeeda Latvia oo ka qayb qaata Olombikada Caalamiga ah ee Xisaabta. Bishii Janaayo 1969 wuxuu ka bartay dhageysiga raadiyaha Galbeedka ee la sii daayay --- markaa sharci darrada ah ee USSR --- is-is-shidista ardayga Czechoslovak Jan Palach. 13kii Abriil 1969, Rips, oo markaas ahaa arday ka qalin jabiyay jaamacadda Latvia, wuxuu isku dayay inuu is gubo si uu uga mudaaharaado
weerarkii Soviet ee Czechoslovakia. Ka dib markii uu furay halku dhig uu ku cambaareeyay qabsashadii Czechoslovakia wuxuu shiday shumac wuxuuna gubay dharkiisii gaaska ku jiray. Koox dad ah oo goobjoogayaal ah ayaa si deg deg ah u damiyay dabka, taas oo keentay kaliya gubasho qoorta iyo gacmaha Rips. Inkastoo uu dhaawacmay, waxaa marka hore la geeyay xafiiska KGB-da oo su'aalo la weydiiyey. waxaa xabsi ku jiray dawladii Soviet-ka mudo labo sano ah. Kadib markii sheekadiisa ay ku faaftay goobaha xisaabta ee reer galbeedka iyo codsiyo fara badan, Rips ayaa la sii daayay 1971. Sanadkii ku xigay, waxaa loo oggolaaday in uu u haajiro Israa'iil.