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Russia, U.S.: More on the “Spy Ring” Story

Posted 4 July 2010 15:39 GMT

Written byVeronica Khokhlova

Countries	Russia, U.S.A.
Topics	Governance, Law, Technology, International Relations, Politics
Languages	English
Special	RuNet Echo

This post is part of RuNet Echo, a Global Voices project to interpret the Russian language internet. All Posts · Learn more

Russia

More reactions to the “Russian spy ring” story (earlier posts are here and here): Craig Pirrong of Streetwise Professor - here and here; Julia Ioffe at True/Slant; Robert Coalson at RFE/RL's Power Vertical; Sean Guillory at Sean's Russia Blog; Clare Sestanovich at FP's Passport; Irina Filatova at the Guardian's Comment is Free; MoscowMom; Valery Dzutsev.

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