Today. I would like to talk about the case of Boris Rivkin. Boris Rivkin first applied for an exit visa 10 years ago. Educated at an engineering institute and working in a lab associated with weather forecasting. Boris was treated by the government as if he had access to sensitive information. It is a policy in the Soviet Union to make people who have worked in security sensitive areas wait 5 years before being allowed to emigrate. Boris dutifully left his work and took a job as an elevator operator. After 5 years passed. Rivkin applied for an exit visa. His request was denied. He then made a tragic and heroic decision. He divorced his wife so she and their children would have a chance to leave the country. When OVIR again refused them permission to emigrate. Rivkin demonstrated in their office. His wife and children were granted permission to leave. and he was told that if he remained quiet for 1 year. a visa for him would be forthcoming. The chief of OVIR did not follow through on this promise. Five more years have passed.
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