Rips was the first high school student from Latvia to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia<unk> After unwrapping a self-made slogan condemning the occupation of Czechoslovakia he lit a candle and set his gasoline-soaked cloths on fire.<unk> After unwrapping a self-made slogan condemning the occupation of Czechoslovakia he lit a candle and set his gasoline-soaked cloths on fire.<unk> After unwrapping a self-made slogan condemning the occupation of Czechoslovakia he lit a candle and set his gasoline-soaked cloths on fire. A group of bystanders were able to quickly put out the fire, resulting only in burns to Rips' neck and hands. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk> ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ •••••••••••