Zhores Medvedev, a scientist and one of the most prominent political dissidents in the former Soviet Union, whose writings exposed quackery and fraud in Soviet scientific programs and led to his arrest and eventual exile from his homeland, died Nov. 15 in London. He died one day after his 93rd birthday.
Washington Post: Zhores Medvedev, dissident Soviet scientist who was arrested then exiled, dies at 93
Zhores Medvedev lived in London, where he became a medical researcher and wrote widely on science and Soviet history. He died on Nov. 15m one day after his 93rd birthday.
