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Russian Police Seize 100,000 Anti-Putin Books

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russian police seized 100,000 copies of a book critical of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that activists planned to hand out at the Saint Petersburg In...

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Alexey Dymovsky, Russian YouTube Police Whistle Blower, Charged With Fraud

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — Russian prosecutors are filing fraud charges against a police officer who had complained on YouTube of abuse and corruption in the law ...

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Russia: Police, Security Agents Have Right To Open Mail

AP | KARINA IOFFEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — The Russian government has issued an order telling postal workers that police and security agents have a right to open mail, causing al...

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Natalia Estemirova Killing The Latest In Attacks On Russian Activists

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Award-winning Russian rights activist Natalya Estemirova has been found dead hours after being kidnapped in Chechnya, reports Human Rights Watch. Es...

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Russia Police Conduct Reforms Outlaw 'Indiscriminate Sex', 'Wicked Irony'

Time | Posted 05.25.2011

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Police in Russia have long had a reputation for three things: bribery, cruelty and ineptitude. Now the government is determined to change that image b...

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