Russian attorney, famous for defending political dissidents like Andrei Sakharov.

He also worked as an attorney for numerous Soviet political dissidents in the 1960s and 70s.

Over of his 65-year legal career, Ariya defended several prominent Russian figures, including self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and Nobel-Prize-winning human rights activist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, investigative journalist Aleksandr Minkin, and prominent Russian actors Rolan Bykov and Natalya Fadeyeva, Roman Karmen, Vasily Livanov, etc.

Ariya, a World War II veteran, was awarded the Order of Honor and several other medals for his service during the war.

Sources:

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/the-godfather-of-russian-lawyers-dies-aged-90/490166.html

http://www.rferl.org/content/soviet-lawyer-dies/25179416.html