Andrei Rukhin, 30-year-old mathematician from Leningrad, has been given permission to leave the Soviet Union along with his wife, the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry reported. His case received notoriety several months ago when a mysterious fire claimed the life of his brother.
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