He was sentenced to a 13year prison term. The real reason for the harsh Kremlin action against this heroic dissident was his success in alerting the world to the Kremlins unrelenting persecution and oppression of Soviet Jews. and his courageous and unrelenting efforts to achieve freedom for himself and his wife. Anatoly Shcharansky has never stopped fighting for the freedom to practice his religion in the country of his choice. since that day in 1973 when he applied for permission to emigrate to Israel. From that day he became a marked man. a target for harassment. surveillance. and persecution by the Soviet authorities. He underwent repeated questionings by the notorious KGB. the Soviet secret police.
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