Grigory Svechinsky, a Moscow activist, has been given permission to exit to Israel, and is expected to leave Jan. 14, the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry reported today. Grigory’s brother Vitaly, who is now in Israel, was one of the major figures in the Moscow Jewish resistance until his exit several years ago. Grigory is an engineer, with a specialty in automation. Grigory will be leaving with Pessia Karasin, the mother of beleaguered Moscow activist Tamara Galperina, who is under severe pressure by authorities in connection with a possible upcoming “conspiracy trial” for helping get texts of appeals abroad, according to the SSSJ.
In another development it was reported that in the past few days, many of the Kishinev “otkazniki”–those repeatedly rejected for exit–have received permission to leave. The glaring exceptions are Mikhail Reznik, a communications engineer, and Miron Dorfman, the 49-year-old activist who recently concluded a marathon 23-day hunger strike.
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