Leading Soviet dissidents Dr. Andrei Sakharov and

MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Leading Soviet dissidents Dr. Andrei Sakharov and his wife Yelena Bonner pictured 31 March 1987 in Moscow. The Soviet authorities have released Sakharov in December 1986 from internal exile in Gorki. Sakharov was awarded in 1975 the Nobel Peace Prize. (Photo credit should read DANIEL JANIN/AFP via Getty Images)