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Date: 2021-05-27 00:00:00 [2]
Pandemic Pretext? Russian Police Break Up Congress Of Independent Lawmakers
Organizers of a conference of independent Russian lawmakers have been sentenced after police broke up the event, claiming it violated new anti-COVID restrictions. The lawmakers deny they broke the rules, and say they were put in place at the last minute to stop the opposition from organizing.
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