The Prestin case has not gone unnoticed in the West. Many appeals have been made to Soviet authorities in their behalf by U.S. officials. eminent scientists and various other organizations. Yet. 12 years after the Prestin familys first application. they still watch as their family and friends left over the years. while they are still denied the right to emigrate. Vladimir speaks of the psychological effects of being a longterm refusenik: ... There are several levels in this isolation . . . what it causes us first of all. we do not believe that we are free. the main feeling of every Jew is fear.
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