The World Jewish Congress invited Russian media mogul Vladimir Goussinsky to New York to discuss his imprisonment last week and what it might mean for Russia’s Jewish community. However, the Russian Jewish Congress leader was released from jail on condition he not leave Moscow. Meanwhile, a Moscow court refused to consider Goussinsky’s complaint that his recent arrest and detention in a city jail were illegal.
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