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The Obama administration released a list of 18 Russians who will be subject to financial sanctions and banned from entering the U.S. for playing a role in human rights abuses, prompting Russia to impose its own ban.
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What if the director of the FBI threatened to decapitate a journalist and the threat became public? The result would be scandal, resignation and possibly criminal proceedings.
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The three members of the female punk group Pussy Riot set out merely to protest the return to power of President Vladimir Putin. Now, their show trial is threatening to become a turning point in Russian history.
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A senior member of Russia’s lower house of parliament resigned a week after bloggers published documents showing he owned luxury property in Florida.
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The Russian government plans to investigate a decade of unsolved crimes in two southern regions after the murders of 12 people focused attention on allegations that local officials aided a gang terrorizing the region.
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Russia’s chief investigator threatened the life of the deputy editor of Novaya Gazeta, according to an open letter published today in the newspaper.
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Russian opposition leader and anti- corruption blogger Alexey Navalny will be indicted next week on charges that carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison, his lawyer said.
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Russia reopened a five-year-old investigation of opposition leader Alexey Navalny over losses at state-owned timber company KirovLes, Interfax reported citing Russia’s Investigative Committee.
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Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev will add an online television station with an editorial focus on uncovering corruption to his investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta to take on state broadcasters.
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Russian lawmakers loyal to President Vladimir Putin submitted an anti-corruption bill they hope will lead to the repatriation of $100 billion in assets held by officials, the lead author said.
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