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People clash with police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. In pressure unprecedented in post-Soviet Russia, since the imprisonment of Navalny, scores of activists, independent journalists and rights advocates have been targeted with raids, detentions and designations as terrorists and foreign agents. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

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Kremlin critics stay undaunted after yearlong crackdown
By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press
Wed,02/02/22-1:20AM , 181 Reads
MOSCOW (AP) — The prison sentence imposed a year ago on leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was a severe blow to Russia’s opposition — and then the situation got worse.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures as he stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. Russian authorities have added imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and some of his top allies to the registry of terrorists and extremists, the latest move in a multi-pronged crackdown on opposition supporters, independent media and human rights activists. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

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Russia adds Navalny and his top allies to list of terrorists
By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press
Tue,01/25/22-6:51AM , 229 Reads
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have added imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and some of his top allies to the country's registry of terrorists and extremists, the latest move in a multi-pronged crackdown on opposition supporters, independent media and human rights activists.
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A Russian officer of the Collective Security Treaty Organization peacekeepers attends the official ceremony of starting withdraw its troops in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. In light of unprecedented mass protests that quickly grew violent, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev requested help from the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a Russia-led military alliance of six ex-Soviet states. The bloc sent over 2,000 troops to Kazakhstan last week, and on Tuesday Tokayev declared their mission largely complete. (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

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Kazakhstan: Russia-led alliance's troops prepare to pull out
By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press
Thu,01/13/22-2:38AM , 133 Reads
MOSCOW (AP) — Troops belonging to a Russia-led security alliance were preparing to pull out of Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The withdrawal comes a week after they were deployed to the ex-Soviet nation on the request of its president, who was seeking to quell violent mass protests.
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In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Collective Security Treaty Organization peacekeepers prepare to guard an area in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. The president of Kazakhstan has announced that a Russia-led security alliance will start pulling out its troops from the Central Asian country in two days after completing its mission. The mostly Russian troops were deployed to Kazakhstan last week by the Collective Security Treaty Organization, an alliance of six former Soviet states, at the president's request amid unprecedented public unrest. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

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Kazakh leader: Russia-led security group to pull out troops
By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press
Tue,01/11/22-2:03AM , 334 Reads
MOSCOW (AP) — The president of Kazakhstan announced Tuesday that a Russia-led security alliance will start pulling out its troops from the Central Asian nation in two days after completing its mission.
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