Radio magazine Soviet Union. Events, problems, judgments. Hosted by Gleb Rar. 1. Appeal from the Vashchenko family. On June 27, 1978, the family, seeking free exit from the USSR, broke into the territory of the US Embassy in Moscow. An open letter to the Christian community around the world. which contains a request for prayer for all Soviet persecuted for religious beliefs. 2. The trial of Alexander Lavut. December 24 TASS message. The geophysicist is accused of having been involved in the production of materials discrediting the Soviet system for the past 12 years. Viktor Fedoseev comments. 3. Anniversary of the death of A. Lunacharsky. Boris Orlov reports. 4. Mass character of Soviet sports: myth or reality? Vladimir Matusevich comments.