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Couple Defects Moscow Circus Wins Political Asylum
A Moscow Circus couple Nikolai Nikolski and Bertalina Kazakova have won political asylum in the United States after arriving from Argentina and seeking asylum at the U.S. Embassy in Miami. Translator Esther Shaikhin quoted them as feeling free and comparing their moment to Armstrong on the moon.
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Miami
Moscow
America
Nikolai Nikolski
Bertalina Kazakova
Argentina
Buenos Aires
U.S
Neil) Armstrong
Esther Shaikhin
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service