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Russia: Arresting Political Opposition

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Elections, Human Rights, Law, Politics

Vladimir Kara-Murza of Spotlight on Russia argues [1] that Putin's Russia is becoming increasingly Kafkaesque as opposition leader Boris Nemtsov again – twice in two days – has been arrested for exercising political rights and freedoms, at the same time as Prime Minister Putin is seemingly becoming all the more detached from realities.