The Moscow Times examines concerns relating to a newly proposed Duma bill, ostensibly introduced to combat extremism but which, some fear, could grant the FSB ‘more power to intimidate citizens‘, and more specifically, ‘to target media reporting unfavorably about the state’s actions‘.  RFE/RL also notes some early critical responses.  The Dalai Lama has had his request for a Russian visa refused, apparently in part due to ‘the current anniversary year of our shared victory with China in the Second World War‘.  ‘Risk[ing] a diplomatic row with Russia,‘ U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin has asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to deny visas to 60 Russian officials for their alleged involvement in the death of Hermitage lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.  Cardin called Magnitsky’s treatment ‘a very serious human rights violation‘.  President Dmitry Medvedev says he is not against recent proposals for cooperation with NATO.