Barinov Valery A.

Detained in the winter of 1984 for attempting to illegally cross the Soviet-Finnish border. Sentenced to 2.5 years in labor camp. Only the influence of Western human rights organizations and political figures, in particular the direct appeal of Margaret Thatcher and Reagan to Gorbachev about the release of prisoners of conscience, served to release Valery from prison. Released in early 1987. Experiencing pressure from the authorities, in November 1987, at the request of the British Parliament, Barinov and his family left the Soviet Union for Great Britain and settled in London (later from England he moved to the USA in Sacramento, California). There he continued to record music, opened a rock club for Russian-speaking youth, performed the English version of “The Second Coming” with the David MARKEE BAND and became the main character in the book “Jailhouse Rock”.