The KGB has recently encouraged Sofia to divorce Yakov and leave the country on her own. Valery has just returned from Siberia. In 1970 he and his wife and two sons applied to emigrate to Israel. After 7 years of silence and with no explanations. their sons alone were suddenly granted permission to leave. Frustrated by the incomprehensible situation he was in. Valery decided to protest. In what would be a pathetically small gesture to an American. he hung a small banner out his window that read: "Let us go to our sons in Israel." Such "malicious hooliganism" got him 5 years of internal exile. Vladimir. a biologist who has written 15 books. has not worked in his field since 1980 when he applied to emigrate. He has several invitations to teach in the United States. A Soviet official told him. however. that perhaps he will be allowed to leave "when his brain rots." The relating of these tragic stories continued until late into the night and left us all emotionally drained and exhausted.
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