Participation in an activists gathering in the Opalikha woods outside of Moscow in May 1981 resulted in Boris being accused of "beating a policeman." Chernobilsky. maintaining the charges against him were false. refused to appear in court. but submitted the following statement to then Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev: The trials of Jewish activists conducted during the last years have shown that we cannot count on the objectiveness and fairness of the Soviet court. It is obvious that false charges are being fabricated in order to intimidate the Jews wishing to emigrate to Israel and trials are turned into acts of reprisal. There cannot be any doubt as to the outcome of my forthcoming trial although there are dozens of witnesses who could testify that the charge that has been presented against me does not in any way correspond with reality. Having no wish of becoming another KGB victim and having no other way of protecting myself against this reprisal.
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Jewish activists cannot count on the objectiveness and fairness of the Soviet court.