Standing alone. they proclaim the violations of the freedoms of their people while enduring the burden of harassment and repression by their oppressors. People like Leonid Volvovsky. Leonid is a refusenik in the Soviet Union. His open involvement in a large refusenik community in Gorky has landed him in court. It is feared that he may receive an overly severe condemnation for his actions. Beginning in 1976. after being refused an exit visa to Israel. Volvovsky became an object of keen Soviet surveillance. He was the victim of unauthorized searches. his books and other materials were confiscated. and personal threats were issued against him.