The Vashchenkos son. Sasha. has been sentenced to a 3year term in a labor camp for his beliefs and has been beaten into unconsciousness on several occasions by Soviet guards. Sasha has reported increased coercion on the part of the KGB to make him renounce his family and condemn their efforts to obtain exit visas. Moscow still refuses to let the seven leave. Both families have received official invitations and affidavits of sponsorship from families in the United States. which were necessary for emigration. Since then. however. Moscow has changed its regulations so that persons can leave only if invited by a close relative abroad.
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