Ruth Aleksandrovich, recently released from the Potma labor camp after completing a one year prison sentence for alleged anti-Soviet activities, will leave Russia for Israel next Thursday, her mother said here today. Mrs. Rivka Aleksandrovich said she got the news from her daughter by phone. The 24-year-old nurse, one of five Jewish defendants in the Riga trial, was granted an exit visa shortly after her release. But she delayed her departure because her fiance, Isaiah Averbuch had trouble getting his visa. According to Mrs. Aleksandrovich; Averbuch finally received his exit visa last Wednesday. The couple plan to be married in Israel.
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