Arnold Lokshin
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Arnold Lokshin
is an American
scientist
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, stating that they were being spied on by the FBI. The USSR leadership provided them with the requested asylum, gave Lokshin an apartment in a prestigious neighborhood of Moscow and found him a job. Subsequently he and his wife Lauren gave numerous interviews and press-conferences in Moscow accusing American secret services of persecuting dissidents in the United States
. In 1989 they published a book (in Russian) "Silent Terror: History of a Political Persecution of a Family in the United States".
. Arnold Lokshin continued to work in the Blokhin Oncological Scientific Center in Moscow as a research biologist until the late 90s.
Subsequently Arnold and Lauren disappeared from public view. Their current whereabouts are unknown. However, at least two of their children appear currently to live in Russia and work in the State University – Higher School of Economics.
is an American
United States
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scientist
Scientist
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Political asylum
Lokshin acquired wide prominence in 1986 when he and his family asked for political asylum in the Soviet UnionSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, stating that they were being spied on by the FBI. The USSR leadership provided them with the requested asylum, gave Lokshin an apartment in a prestigious neighborhood of Moscow and found him a job. Subsequently he and his wife Lauren gave numerous interviews and press-conferences in Moscow accusing American secret services of persecuting dissidents in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. In 1989 they published a book (in Russian) "Silent Terror: History of a Political Persecution of a Family in the United States".
Later life
In 1992 Lokshin, his wife, and their three children received Russian citizenship by order of the then president of Russia Boris YeltsinBoris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. On 29 May 1990 he was elected the chairman of...
. Arnold Lokshin continued to work in the Blokhin Oncological Scientific Center in Moscow as a research biologist until the late 90s.
Subsequently Arnold and Lauren disappeared from public view. Their current whereabouts are unknown. However, at least two of their children appear currently to live in Russia and work in the State University – Higher School of Economics.