I also fasted for a young separated couple. an American Keith Braun from Detroit. and his Soviet wife Svetlana Shteingardt of Moscow. Keith and Svetlana were married on August 9. 1984. Since their marriage. Svetlana has applied for an emigration visa on three separate occasions and has been denied permission every time. And. finally. I fasted for my adopted refusenik. Dr. Yuri Tarnopolsky who recently completed his 3year prison term for slandering the Soviet State. Tarnopolsky is in poor health. and 10 years now have passed since his original visa application was filed. Unable to work as an organic chemist. Tarnopolsky is limited to mostly menial jobs.
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