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Sakharov's widow Yelena Bonner dies at 88 in U.S. - media
Yelena Bonner, a human rights activist and the widow of the late
Soviet dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov
MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti)
Yelena Bonner, a human rights activist and the widow of the late
Soviet dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov, died
in the U.S. at the age of 88, Ekho Moskvy radio station reported on
Sunday.
Bonner died on Saturday in Boston after a grave illness, the radio
station said, referring to human rights activist Pavel Litvinov and
the Pyotr Grigorenko Fund.
Bonner's daughter Tatiana Yankelevich said that her mother would be
buried in Moscow.
"We announce with deep sorrow that our mother Yelena Georgiyevna
Bonner died today, on June 18 at 13:55 (17:55 GMT). According to her
will, her body will be cremated and the cinerary urn will be buried at
the Vostryakovo cemetery in Moscow next to her husband, mother and
brother," Yankelevich said in a statement.
Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist and an advocate of civil
liberties and reforms in the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1975.
Yelena Bonner, a human rights activist and the widow of the late
Soviet dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov
MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti)
Yelena Bonner, a human rights activist and the widow of the late
Soviet dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov, died
in the U.S. at the age of 88, Ekho Moskvy radio station reported on
Sunday.
Bonner died on Saturday in Boston after a grave illness, the radio
station said, referring to human rights activist Pavel Litvinov and
the Pyotr Grigorenko Fund.
Bonner's daughter Tatiana Yankelevich said that her mother would be
buried in Moscow.
"We announce with deep sorrow that our mother Yelena Georgiyevna
Bonner died today, on June 18 at 13:55 (17:55 GMT). According to her
will, her body will be cremated and the cinerary urn will be buried at
the Vostryakovo cemetery in Moscow next to her husband, mother and
brother," Yankelevich said in a statement.
Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist and an advocate of civil
liberties and reforms in the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1975.