Dr. Isaac Poltinnkov of Novosibirsk and his family are in trouble, the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry reported today. The KGB came to their home last Thursday and read a document charging the family with anti-Soviet activity which included, according to the SSSJ, provoking reactions abroad, staging a hunger strike at the central telphone station in Novosibirsk and giving information abroad by use of the telephone. The charge sheet also noted that members of the family had been expelled from Kiev after meeting with Jewish activists. According to the SSSJ, the Poltinnkov family was told that if they didn’t find work in 15 days they would be charged with parasitism. Such a charge carries a sentence of one to two years in jail.
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