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After the protests withered, however, thats when the real crackdown came. Putin tightened the screws on Russian society, clamping down on independent media and non-governmental organizations. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was forced to close its offices. Protest leaders, now out of the limelight, suddenly found themselves in considerable legal woes – the protest leader with the most significant momentum, lawyer and blogger Alexey Navalny, has been in and out of court since the main protest movement ended, and he is currently restricted under house arrest. washingtonpost/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/03/is-china-looking-to-vladimir-putin-for-tips-on-suppressing-hong-kong-protests/
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:30:05 +0000

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