Eduard Kuznetsov (dissident)
Eduard Kuznetsov | |
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Kuznetsov in 2009 | |
| Native name | אדוארד קוזנצוב |
| Born | 29 January 1939 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Died | 22 December 2024 (aged 85) Israel |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Literary movement | Human rights movement in the Soviet Union |
| Years active | 1958–2018 |
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Eduard Samoilovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Эдуа́рд Само́йлович Кузнецо́в, Hebrew: אדוארד קוזנצוב; 29 January 1939 – 22 December 2024) was a Soviet-Israeli dissident, refusenik, journalist, and writer. One of the leaders of the 1970 Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair, Kuznetsov's case drew international attention following his death sentence. As a result of global protests, his sentence was commuted to fifteen years' imprisonment.
Kuznetsov was released in 1979 as part of a prisoner exchange between the Soviet Union and the United States. He subsequently made aliyah to Israel. Throughout the 1980s, he participated in the operations of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty before beginning the publication of the Russian-language Vesti in 1992. Kuznetsov is the author of three novels, two of which were written in prison and smuggled out of the country.
Kuznetsov died in Israel on 22 December 2024, at the age of 85.