<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Rips aiva mudzidzi wokusekondari wokutanga wokuLatvia kupinda muInternational Mathematical Olympiad. Muna January 1969 akadzidza nokuteerera nhepfenyuro yeredhiyo yokuMadokero - panguva iyoyo yakanga isiri pamutemo muUSSR - yokuzvipisa kwomudzidzi weCzechoslovak Jan Palach. Pana 13 April 1969, Rips, panguva iyoyo mudzidzi akapedza kudzidza paUniversity of Latvia, akaedza kuzvipisa achipikisa  <response>: Kupinda kweSoviet muCzechoslovakia. Pashure pokusunungura chirevo chaakanga azviitira amene chaishora kubatwa kweCzechoslovakia akabatidza kenduru ndokupisa machira ake akanyoroveswa nepeturu. Boka revaipfuura rakakwanisa kudzima moto wacho nokukurumidza, zvichiguma nokukuvara bedzi mumutsipa nemaoko aRips. Kunyange zvazvo akanga akuvara, akatanga kuendeswa kuhofisi yeKGB yomunzvimbo iyoyo kuti anobvunzurudzwa. Akaiswa mujeri nehurumende yeSoviet kwemakore maviri. Pashure pokunge nhau yake yapararira pakati pemasangano ezvemasvomhu okuMadokero uye mafungu ezvikumbiro, Rips akasunungurwa muna 1971. Gore rakatevera racho, akabvumirwa kutamira kuIsrael. 