ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn hiː bɪkˌeɪm ɐ mˈɛmbɚɹ ʌvðə juːkɹˈeɪniən hɛlsˈɪŋki ɡɹˈuːp, wʌz ˈɛɡzaɪld fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn tˈɪl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː, ænd bɪkˌeɪm ɐ pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ˈɛmɪɡɹənt æt ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z.
In 1979 he became a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, was exiled from 1979 till 1982, and became a political emigrant at the end of the 1980s.