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December 17, 2011 The US Senate on Saturday confirmed President Barack Obama’s nominee to be ambassador to Moscow, Michael McFaul, after a delay tied to US missile defense plans. Lawmakers approved McFaul, who had served as the chief Russia hand on Obama’s National Security Council, in a unanimous voice vote. The confirmation came after Republican [...]

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December 10, 2011 Tens of thousands of Russians gathered peacefully in central Moscow on Saturday to shout “Putin is a thief” and “Russiawithout Putin,” forcing the Kremlin to confront a level of public discontent that has not been seen here since Vladimir V. Putin first became president 12 years ago. The crowd overflowed the square where it [...]

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6 December 2011      12:36 ET Anti-corruption campaigner and top blogger Alexei Navalny is one of the pivotal figures leading protests and activism to challenge the results of Russia’s 4 December parliamentary elections. He is also arguably the only major opposition figure to emerge in Russia in the past five years. And he owes [...]

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