He has never seen his only grandson and chances are that he will never again see his son. He is half blind and suffering from multiple sclerosis. Fortunately. his wife. Inna. a retired pediatrician. is able to care for this bedridden man. In 1973 Illya retired from his job as a radio engineer because of failing health. He and his family applied for an exit visa to Israel but were refused because Illya had previous access to "classified" material. Although their son was allowed to leave the Soviet Union. Illya and Inna have been denied exit visas repeatedly since 1974. We have been hearing a lot lately about Mr. Gorbachev and his new policyglasnost.
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