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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 8, 2013

TODAY: Putin invites visitors to Olympics, sacks official for delays; daylight savings may be resumed to cash in on broadcasting; $4 billion in misappropriated defence funds; Ashurkov raided over Navalny case; Lebedev case upheld; new Kuril Islands row; Naftogaz won’t pay. President Vladimir Putin invited to Russia ‘all those who love sports and fair uncompromising [...]

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An Olympic Green Light for Political Oppression

There’s an insightful piece in today’s Guardian by political analyst and Olympics specialist Jules Boykoff, who presents a theory on what’s driving Russia’s ongoing heavy crackdown on dissenters (with police in Moscow and St Petersburg ringing in the New Year with a slew of Strategy 31 arrests). Vladimir Putin didn’t exactly have a light touch [...]

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