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  Prominent Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky dies at 76

  

  latimes.com

  Vladimir Bukovsky, a prominent Soviet-era dissident who became internationally known for exposing Soviet abuse of psychiatry, has died. He was 76.

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  Alexei Navalny in court again on charge of defaming war veteran

  

  theguardian.com

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  Alexei Navalny detained at airport on return to Russia

  

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  Opposition figure picked up after landing in home country following recovery from poisoningThe Russian opposition politician...

  Opposition figure picked up after landing in home country following recovery from poisoningThe Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on his return from treatment abroad after a suspected poisoning attempt on his life by Russia’s FSB spy agency.Navalny, whose investigations into corruption in Vladimir Putin’s inner circle have sparked protests and angered the country’s most powerful men, had...

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  Stephen F. Cohen, Influential Historian of Russia, Dies at 81

  

  nytimes.com

  He chronicled Stalin’s tyrannies and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and he was an enthusiastic...

  He chronicled Stalin’s tyrannies and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and he was an enthusiastic admirer of Mikhail Gorbachev.

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