Called the symbol of Russia’s refusenik movement, and the most famous prisoner of Zion. Imprisoned for 16 years after her attempt to emigrate. Became a cause celebre.
In October 1987, at last arrived in Israel aboard the private jet of the US billionaire industrialist, Dr. Armand Hammer. Landed at Tel Aviv airport and was welcomed by the actress Jane Fonda, Mr Yitzhak Shamir, the Prime Minister, and Mr Shimon Peres, the Foreign Minister. She arrived with the only companion of her lonely years in exile, her collie dog.