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RUSSIA

Hardball, Kremlin Style

Moscow's political class is abuzz with conspiracy theories these days. So what's new? The rumors all involve the Russian parliamentary elections scheduled for December. It would seem that in Moscow, winter is never that far off.

The pro-presidential party, United Russia, has been spending vast amounts of cash to ensure a big parliamentary majority for President Vladimir Putin's supporters in the vote. To ensure things go the Kremlin's way, pro-government parliamentary deputies just passed a new law drastically limiting what journalists can say or write about politicians during the campaign period. Critics charge ...

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