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U.S. Senate warns Boris Yeltsin to fight anti-Semitism

by WASHINGTON (JTA) -- All but one of the 100 U.S. senators are threatening to end economic and political support for Russia unless, "The United States predicates its support for democratic institutions in Russia upon unwavering opposition to anti-Semitism at a

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In the 1980s the United States linked trade relations with the then-Soviet Union to its willingness to allow Jews to emigrate.

The American Jewish Committee and the National Conference on Soviet Jewry actively lobbied senators to sign the letter, which was sponsored by Sens. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) and Joseph Biden (D-Del.).

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