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Soviet ballerina Vlasova returns home to Moscow
Soviet ballerina Ludmilla Vlasova arrives in Moscow after a 732 hour standoff over her departure from the United States. U.S. and Soviet officials trade claims of fault while she leaves without her husband Alexander Godunov. Tass lauds civic duty while Washington defends free choice to relocate. The episode ties to SALT II politics and rights concerns.
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Moscow
Ludmilla Vlasova
U.S
Alexandra Drozhdina
Miss Vlasova
United States
Soviet Union
Alexander Godunov
Aeroflot
Aeroflot Jetliner Detained At Kennedy International Airport
New York
Tass
Godunov
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rudolf Nureyev
Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Evgeny Makeyev
White House
Jody Powell
Lester Wolff
D-N.y
House International Relations Committee
State Department
Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
Pan American World Airways