Ilya Goldin, a leading refusnik from Minsk, has received an exit visa for Israel and expects to leave by Feb. 19, it was reported by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry. Goldin, a 29-year-old engineer, had been denied an exit visa since he first applied for one in 1972.
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