Women refuseniks in four Soviet cities staged a one-day hunger strike Monday in solidarity with Jewish activist Viacheslav (Slava) Ouspensky, 19, and his parents, Igor and Inna Ouspensky, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported. They have been refuseniks for nine years.
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