Since 1971. when she was first denied permission to leave Russia under the excuse of having access to state secrets. Ida Nudel has been a source of concern for human rights activists. Since June 1978 she has been languishing in exile in the far off wastes of Siberia. She was banished to the dreadful quarters she occupies as the only woman among 40 male criminals by the KGB for hanging a banner outside her Moscow apartment that said: KGB. give me a visa. She lives in a 12squaremeter room. with a cesspool as a toilet with a shed over it. Her living conditions are unbearable.