Background
Klepikova, Elena was born in 1942 in Kostroma.
Klepikova, Elena was born in 1942 in Kostroma.
Graduated from Leningrad University.
Member of the Union of Journalists. In 1977, together with her husband, V. Soloviev, set up an independent press agency with the aim of providing Western journalists with information about the Soviet Union. Received international publicity.
Threatened by the Committee for State Security. left the USSR in 1977, and settled with her husband in the USA.