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Do not disturb, sleeping policemen! Part 2

Law enforcers connive at beating of environmentalists (Moscow Region)

Russia
1. Criticism of church hierarchs qualified as extremism (Republic of Karelia, Northwest).

2. Regional security department at law with journalist writing under pen name (Kostroma, Central Russia)

3. Law enforcers ignore media conference (Vladivostok, Far East)

4. Independent newspaper editor wins case in court (Sakhalin Region, Far East)

5. Civil activist brings counter-claim against governor (Omsk, Siberia)

6. Newspaper criticising speaker barred from Assembly building (Vladivostok, Far East)

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Maritime deputies stand for glasnost (Maritime Region, Far East)

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Media Rights Centre to challenge Roskomnadzor warning (Voronezh, Central Russia)

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