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Russian Jews Sidestep Jewish Agency to Immigrate to Israel
(Media Line-Ynet News) Maya Margit - Many Jews in Russia - spurred by political pressure and fears of a new Iron Curtain - have decided to forgo the long wait times for appointments at the Israeli embassy in Moscow and at the Jewish Agency for Israel and are making their own way to Israel. Ivan Kvasov, a biology teacher, left St. Petersburg for Israel with his wife and son in March, applying for Israeli citizenship once they landed in the country. "Everything went very quickly," Kvasov said. "There were some lines and so on but in general everyone supported us." Former Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky said, "I do recommend to all those who more or less decided already that their future is not in Russia to make this decision [on immigration] as quickly as possible."