Alexander Ogorodnikov, one of the many contributors to the new samizdat Bulletin, is reported to have left Moscow to avoid arrest on charges of violating internal passport laws. Since his release from prison camp in February, he has been trying to secure i a residence permit in Moscow in order to live with his 9 year-old son (his wife left Ogorodnikov not long before his release), but without success. Given “serious caution” by the militia. Ogorodnikov quit the city in mid-July. His present whereabouts are unknown. (KNS #280: 7/23/87)