Further. the Russian bureacracy contains so many builtin obstacles that strict application of Russian law and rules can make it virtually impossible for many. if not most. Jews to depart. For example. by a strict interpretation of a law preventing emigration of Russians holding national security jobs. even a Jewish private in the Red Army could be halted from leaving that country. What this all boils down to Is that practically nothing has changed within Russia insofar as treatment of its Jewish citizens is concerned. This cannot help but inform us in the most obvious manner that Russia as a viable. free society is in its infancy.
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Generalization about the obstacles faced by Jews trying to emigrate from Russia.