While the going is good. (emigration from Soviet Union to United States) (Europe) From: The Economist (US) | Date: March 10, 1990 | COPYRIGHT 1990 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

FROM OUR MOSCOW CORRESPONDENT

HERE are six people seeking to emigrate from the Soviet Union to the United States, plucked at random from the files of the American consulate in Moscow: a member of a medical institute and a professor of mechanical engineering, both from Leningrad; a doctor from Tashkent; a building engineer and an ear, nose and throat specialist, both from Minsk; and an Armenian-born architect from Baku, in Azerbaijan. The Soviet Union is suffering from a b...