Ida Nudel. and Grigory Goldshtein. The case of Grigory Goldshtein and his family is one of the most tragic of the many stories about Soviet refusniks. Grigory applied for a visa to emigrate to Israel over 12 years ago. He did so as a request for family reunification. legal under Soviet law. and guaranteed by the Helsinki accords. Several times during the past few years. Grigory has been refused the right to leave. Several times he has been threatened with internal exile or imprisonment. and only the letters. phone calls and telegrams from the West saved him. Grigory has already served 1 year in a labor camp for the crime of parasitism. a crime of legal entrapment where you are not permitted to work because you have applied to emigrate. and you are then convicted because you are unemployed. Recent information coming out of the Soviet Union indicates that Grigory Goldshtein may now face a new prison term of up to 5 years. again on trumped up charges. Mr.
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