Speaker. another year has passed and the Soviets are still playing games with the lives of Yakov Rachlenko. his recent bride. and his mother. Vina Belkina. Even when the emigration figures were reasonable. Yakov and Vina Belkina were being told time and time againno visas. Now that emigration figures are almost nonexistent. their chances of being reunited with their family in Israel become slimmer and slimmer. Russian authorities restrict emigration just as they restrict other freedoms. Their fear. of course. is that the Soviet system essentially could not withstand the impact of giving its citizens any type of choice. Refuseniks who are caught up in this terrible situation need our help and encouragement.
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