Nativ assisted the movement by materially supporting the refuseniks and fostering refusenik organizations. Refuseniks is the term that Soviet Jews gave themselves when they were refused exit visas. Prof. Feshbach also championed the cause of Andrei Sakharov and other Soviet refuseniks. Akhsharumova and her husband became famous in the late-1970s as Soviet Refuseniks. In 1979-1987 Shrayer-Petrov and his family were refuseniks and endured persecution by the Soviet authorities. Some have even accused the refuseniks of treason during wartime. NUJ members who refused to work at Wapping became known during the dispute as "refuseniks". Many NUJ members, known as "refuseniks", refused to go to Wapping. Notable "refuseniks" include Jonathon Porritt, lately of Friends of the Earth, and journalist Ferdinand Mount. He became the first American politician to meet with Soviet refuseniks in 1974. Almost all the group members were refuseniks. People who were not allowed to leave the country are known as "refuseniks".