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Prominent Russian rights organization dissolves amid crackdown Veteran human rights activist Lev Ponomarev has announced the dissolution of his For Human Rights movement. He was recently labeled a "foreign agent" himself, as authorities turn up the pressure on perceived enemies. Lev Ponomarev is one of Russias most prominent human rights activists Just ahead of the winter holidays at the end of last year, Russian lawmakers rushed through a host of new laws, including an addendum to Russias la...
Saint Petersburg Sankt Peterburg Duma Anton Novoderezhkin Vyacheslav Volodin Jens Siegert Alexander Cherkasov
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