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Sharansky

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[shuh-ran-skee, shchuh-rahn-skyee] / ʃəˈræn ski, ʃtʃʌˈrɑn skyi /

noun

  1. Natan Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky, born 1948, Israeli politician and human-rights activist, born in Soviet Ukraine.


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Dermer got his career in Israel started by analyzing polls for Natan Sharansky, a Soviet dissident who founded a political party in Israel in the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Prominent Soviet dissidents Vladimir Bukovsky and Natan Sharansky were released in these exchanges.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2024

He brought Sharansky into the White House and introduced him to Bush, who came gradually to adopt his views.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2023

Navalny said he was reading a book by Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky entitled "Fear No Evil".

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2023

Carter publicly supported dissidents in the Soviet Union such as physicist Andrei Sakharov and refusenik Nathan Sharansky.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

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