<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: URips waba umfundi wokuqala wesikole esiphakeme waseLatvia owaba nengxenye kuma-Olympic International Mathematical. NgoJanuwari 1969 wezwa ngokulalela ukusakazwa komsakazo waseNtshonalanga - ngaleso sikhathi okwakungekho emthethweni eSoviet Union - ngokuzibulala komfundi waseCzechoslovakia uJan Palach. Ngo-April 13, 1969, uRips, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumfundi ophothule iziqu eNyuvesi yaseLatvia, wazama ukuzishisa ngomlilo embhikishweni ngokumelene  <response>: Ukuhlasela kweSoviet eCzechoslovakia. Ngemva kokukhipha isiqubulo ayesenzile esilahla ukuthunjwa kweCzechoslovakia wakhanyisa ikhandlela futhi washisa izingubo zakhe zokugqoka ezazigcwele uphethiloli. Iqembu labantu ababebukele lakwazi ukuwucisha ngokushesha umlilo, okwaphumela ekushweni kwentamo nezandla zikaRips kuphela. Nakuba alimala, waqale wayiswa ehhovisi lendawo le-KGB futhi waphenywa ngemibuzo. Waboshwa uhulumeni waseSoviet iminyaka emibili. Ngemva kokuba indaba yakhe isakazeke emibuthanweni yezibalo yaseNtshonalanga futhi kwaba namagagasi ezicelo, uRips wakhululwa ngo-1971. Ngonyaka olandelayo, wavunyelwa ukuba athuthele kwa-Israyeli. 