Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit July 20, 2000, 98-70687 (Alexei Chouchkov Natalia v. Kondratieva v. Immigration and Naturalization Service)

SHADUR, District Judge:

Alexei Chouchkov (“Chouchkov”) and his wife Natalia Kondratieva (“Kon-dratieva”) are Russian citizens. They petition for review of a final decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the denial by an immigration judge (“IJ”) of their applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. . We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a.