Born in the town of Rylsk, she graduated from the Moscow State University, specializing in the field of law.

Unable to find a position in prosecutor's office, she began her activity as public defender at the Moscow College of Advocates (Московская Коллегия адвокатов).

The activity of the Moscow Helsinki Group became nearly impossible when Yuri Andropov started his campaign of repression against dissidents.

[2] Supporters claim that all their work defending the human right to obtain, discuss, and distribute information was legal.

The popular question of correspondents of newspapers was: "In your family, how have your views on the politics of the Soviet Union changed since Glasnost?