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Russia: Silencing Critics at Sochi

Posted February 18th, 2014 at 5:32 pm (UTC+0)
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The arrests of several activists near Sochi have renewed attention on the ways in which dissent is suppressed in Russia.  Two members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot were released after being arrested and detained for a short period Tuesday.  Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina say this was their arrest in three days. Tolokonnikova’s […]

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