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Stalin Would Be Proud
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20026056
"Two convicted women from the Russian punk band Pussy Riot are on their way to two prison camps far from home, their lawyers and supporters say."
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Who didn't see this coming?
A few days before Russia's presidential election, Sergei Smirnov received a phone call from a man who called himself Mikhail and told him the terms of the deal: you will vote for Vladimir Putin four times and receive 2,000 roubles ($70) in return. The sum was promised to dozens of other young men and women who met on Sunday outside a popular fast ( Read more... ) -
The anti-gay Russia?
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/02/29/St__Petersburg_Says_Nyet_to_Gay_Pride/
The St. Petersburg assembly in Russia has cast the final vote to pass a “homosexual propaganda” law, which would criminalize any positive ( Read more... )
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