Worship of any sort is regulated through the registration of individual churches. and attendance is closely watched by agents of the KGB. In many cases. the persecution takes the form of heavy fines. such as the imposition of a punitive fifty rubles for each performance of the mass by a priest. Mrs. Staskevich reminded us of the uncertainty of her life. When visited by Congressman Benjamin Gilman in her Moscow home. she had packed a small suitcase filled with her possessions. In response to an anxious question. she replied that she had not packed her bags in anticipation of emigrating to the United States. Rather. she was waiting in fearful anticipation for the KGB to imprison her in a gulag.
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