Umansky signed a joint letter of complaint from Leningrad and Riga refuseniks to the editor of Izvestia. They protested the amount of antiIsrael hate propaganda published by the newspaper. claiming it was creating distrust. enmity. and hostility to Jews living in the Soviet Union. On March 4. Umansky planned to travel to Moscow to demonstrate with Zakhar and Tatiana Zunshein and Alexander Balter. Umanskys nephew. Umansky arrived first and was arrested at the national OVIR office with documents from the group. who sought to renounce their Soviet citizenship in an effort to receive permission to emigrate. Prevented from demonstrating with the others. Umansky was released from custody.
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