When the "close relative" provisions were waived for a year. Slava was told he would have to get another invitation. The old one was apparently no longer valid. There is more. Mr. Speaker. We have recently learned that Slava married Alla Mendeleva in a Jewish ceremony. The marriage was not recognized by the Soviet authorities because it was a religious ceremony. Alla has since emigrated to Israel with a visa she received before the marriage. She gave birth to Slavas first child a few months ago. Glasnost has not reached Slave Uspensky. He remains in the Soviet Union. unable to leave.
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