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Jailing of protester underlines harsh Russia crackdown -Navalny

Source: AlertNet, Nov 10 2012, 6:26am CST

MOSCOW, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Prominent Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny said on Saturday the jail sentence handed to a protester against President Vladimir Putin highlighted the government's harsh approach to dissent. Fitness cl ...

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Report: Russia agrees to halt Syria S-300 missile deal

Source: Haaretz  |   May 26 2013, 1:30am CDT

this story is by A file photo of a Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system on display in an undisclosed location in Russia. Photo by AP Despite recent official statements, Russia will not complete a deal to ...

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Report: Putin nixes Syria missile deal

Source: Ynetnews  |   May 25 2013, 11:59pm CDT

In return, he told the British newspaper, the Russians expected Israel to refrain from further airstrikes on Syria. According to the report, the deal was apparently struck at a "tense" meeting this month between Prime Minister Benjamin Ne ...

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"Those who think they can with impunity organise riots, plan and prepare terrorist attacks and other acts that threaten the lives and health of Russians, you underestimate the Russian special services' professionalism"


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Thousands Of Jailed Russian Oligarchs May Finally Walk

Source: Forbes  |   May 25 2013, 8:21pm CDT

Russia's jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky (L) being escorted in a courtroom in Moscow on December 30, 2010. Judge Viktor Danilkin handed down on December 27 a guilty verdict against Russia's former richest man, now i ...

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Interpol Rebuffs Russia on Its Hunt for a Kremlin Critic

Source: The New York Times  |   May 25 2013, 6:47pm CDT

MOSCOW — Interpol has rejected a Russian request for a worldwide police hunt for William F. Browder, a British investment banker and a Kremlin nemesis who has made no secret of his whereabouts or of his battle aga ...

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Interpol rejects arrest warrant for Browder

Source: GulfToday.ae  |   May 25 2013, 4:02pm CDT

MOSCOW: Interpol has refused to include UK-based fund manager William Browder on its international search list after deciding that Russia’s tax evasion case against him is “of a predominantly political nature.” The decision is the latest twist in a l ...

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Russia's Putin Hails Ties With African Union As It Turns 50

Source: RIA Novosti  |   May 25 2013, 2:23pm CDT

MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin called for closer cooperation with the African Union on Saturday, marking the organization's 50th anniversary. In his congratulating letter Putin praised the 53-member union’ ...

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Arrests made at gay rights protest in Russia

Source: Al Jazeera  |   May 25 2013, 2:09pm CDT

Russian police detained about 30 pro and anti-gay activists in central Moscow, imposing the city's ban on gay rights demonstrations. The arrests on Saturday, underlining Russia's tough response to public demonstrations by gay g ...

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Interpol snubs Russia on request to arrest rights activist William Browder

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 25 2013, 1:47pm CDT

MOSCOW — Interpol has refused a request from Russia to put William Browder, a U.S.-born investment banker who has organized a worldwide campaign to punish Russia for human rights abuses, on its arrest list. Browder was a major proponent ...

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Police arrest 30 at gay pride rally in Moscow

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   May 25 2013, 11:57am CDT

Russian police arrested at least 30 activists in central Moscow on Saturday at a gay pride rally to mark 20 years since homosexuality was decriminalised. Police officers pounced on the gay campaigners moment ...

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