Ironically. these secrets were not mentioned when he was first turned down in the late 1970s. And in the postcold war. nearly 20 years after Vasilys military service. they are surely no longer relevant. Unfortunately. Vasily is not the only remaining victim of the old Soviet emigration system. Throughout Russia. Ukraine. Belarus and Moldova there are hundreds of individualsthe majority of them Jewishwho are being prevented from emigrating to the West. In some instances. these individuals have been waiting for 5 or more years to leave. This vestige of the past remains an irritant at a time when we are forging relations with the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union.
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