Speaker. that today also marks the 10th year that I have taken the floor to draw our colleagues attention to the case of Vladimir and Maria Slepak. For a decade now. I have spoken on behalf of the Slepak family of Moscow. a family that has been attempting to emigrate to Israel since 1970. Vladimir and Marias two sons were allowed to emigrate to Israel in the late 1970s and Marias mother and sister also live there. Vladimir. a radio and television engineer and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group. and Maria. a physician. spent 5 years in remote Siberian exile for protesting against the Soviet refusal to grant them exit visas. Since December 1982. when they returned to Moscow from exile. the Slepaks have renewed their efforts to be reunited with their children and the grandchildren they have never seen. Mr.
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