Kislik was given the impression that he would soon be allowed to follow. Kislik was a distinguished scientist at the Kiev Institute of Nuclear Research. and has had much scientific and popular literature published. Since the denial of his 1973 visa application. Kislik has not worked in the scientific field in any capacity. and has been able to find only menial jobs. In 1974 Kislik was forcibly prevented from traveling to Moscow to meet with American Senators and Congressmen and. in that same year. was the victim of a brutal beating which the KGB refused to investigate. Kislik was told officially in early 1975 that he would not be allowed to emigrate for at least another 5 years. In May 1976 Kisliks phone was disconnected after he had spoken to his wife in Israel. After being warned by police to discontinue the scientific seminars which he organized. he was arrested and severely beaten by KGB officers. Vladimir Kislik and six other refuseniks declared a 5day hunger strike in 1977 to protest not receiving replies or even reasons for refusal to their visa applications. Kislik was prevented from going to Moscow to attend a scientific symposium in 1979. Later in the year. he was one of a group of refuseniks arrested outside the Kiev OVIR office and detained for several hours.
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