He is still behind barbed wire. But no one in the Soviet Union is free. Ida Nudel is still suffering in domestic exile. far from friends and family. a survivor of years of Siberian imprisonment that resulted from asking for an exit visa. Lev and Elizaveta Shapiro are luckierthey have still been allowed to live in their Leningrad apartment. but are under constant fear of arrest for "parasitism"the crime. unique to Soviet law. of not having a jobthere is no unemployment. of course. in the workers paradise. so anyone without a Job is obviously a parasite. As refuseniks almost automatically lose their jobs upon applying for an exit visa. they are always at risk of being arrested and imprisoned. But all Soviet Jews are continuing to suffer. Not only is religious education restricted. religious observances limited. but the threat of even worse repression is always present.