Her kindness and tireless work earned her the title of "Guardian Angel" of the Prisoners of Conscience. It also brought her to the attention of the Soviet secret police. the KGB. After 7 fruitless years of hard work and continued harassment. she finally hung a banner from her apartment balcony that read: "KGB. Give Me My Visa"-a desperate attempt to bring public attention to her plight. Shortly thereafter. she was arrested on charges of malicious hooliganism. tried and sentenced to 4 years of internal exile in Siberia. She spent those years confined to a small village. forced to live under conditions of extreme loneliness and hardship.