Arrests of religious activists and others have stopped for the moment. A number of political prisoners. around 200. have been released. The numbers of Jews allowed to emigrate has risen above levels of the past 8 years. although these numbers are still disappointingly modest. Third. together with these modest improvements. the infrastructure of persecution is intact. Restrictions on religious activity have not changed very much. It is unclear whether the Kremlin will allow unofficial writers to publish. They have still not acknowledged. much less changed. the policy of imprisoning political dissidents in mental institutions. Emigration is still arbitrarily denied to thousands of Jews. Pentecostals. and others. In sum. the picture is at best mixed and at worst a disappointment.
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