Natan Sharansky Sharansky is married to Avital Sharansky and has two daughters, Rachel and Hannah. In the Soviet Union, his application to marry Avital was denied by the authorities. They were married in a friend's apartment, in a ceremony not recognized by the government, as the USSR only recognized civil marriage and not religious marriage. Sharansky was denied an exit visa to Israel in 1973. The reason given for denial of the visa was that he had been given access, at some point in his career, to information vital to Soviet national security and could not now be allowed to leave. After
Begin to Hope in the Irish music download charts and #16 in the Irish Top 50 Singles Chart as of May 2007. "Samson" is a new recording of a song originally released on 2002's "Songs". Gwen Stefani used the song for her Season 9 battle between Korin Bukowski and Chase Kerby on "The Voice". "Après Moi" was covered by Peter Gabriel on his recent album "Scratch My Back". Begin to Hope Begin to Hope is the fourth album by Soviet-born American singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. It was released June 13, 2006. The album debuted at number 70 on the "Billboard" 200, but due to