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Russia: Putin's Crude Remark; Paul Klebnikov's Fund Event

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 @ 00:11 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Russia, Georgia, U.S.A., France
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Media, International Relations, Politics

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Sean Guillory of Sean's Russia Blog posts a graphic illustration for yet another one of PM Putin's crude remarks and writes about the Paul Klebnikov Fund’s event: “What is Russia Thinking? The Word from the Last of the Independent Media.”

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