Gennadi Gerasimov, Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the Soviet Union had no connection with Bloch (AP reports).

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Even notorious flacks for the party line like Gennadi Gerasimov and Vladimir Posner are shown confirming the resurgence of Soviet militarism.

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But court-appointed defense attorneys Nikolai Gerasimov and Kirill Goncharov petitioned for the trial to be put off until May so that they could study the case files.

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