Russian physicist Andrei Sakharov (1921-89) pictured in 1979, the year he criticised Soviet involvement in Afghanistan ©Belga By the time of his death in the Moscow winter 20 years ago, Andrei Sakharov had built an international reputation as a nuclear physicist, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner His fears over the implications of his work led him to call for peaceful coexistence and later for human rights in the USSR.
Andrejs Saharovs: atomfiziķis un disidents Kad Andrejs Saharovs pirms divdesmit gadiem Maskavā atvadījās no šīs saules, viņš bija guvis ievērojamu starptautisku reputāciju kā kodolfiziķis, cilvēktiesību aktīvists un Nobela prēmijas laureāts.