Mininal. even token expressions of freedom by the rest of the Soviet concerned citizenry is ruthlessly suppressed. The treatment of such activities is liberal doses of gulag and psychiatric hospitals. The Soviet Union signed the Final Act of the 1975 Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. known as the Helsinki accords. That document guarantees basic freedoms including the right to practice religion and even emigrate. The Soviet Union. particularly in the case of Soviet Jew. has systematically violated both the letter and spirit of this agreement. It has been said that the Helsinki accords. if observed by the signators. would be the greatest peace agreement of all time.
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