Four Jewish activists in Moscow were warned last week that serious charges may be brought against them, the National conference on Soviet Jewry reported Monday. Aleksandr Lunts was told he would be charged with violating foreign currency regulations; Benjamin Fine, with anti-Soviet propaganda; Elias Esas, with anti-Soviet slander; and Vladamir Lazarus, with treason.
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