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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russia detains top rights activist on charges of fraud

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
A worker dismantles stands at Red Square, with the Kremlin's Spasskaya (Saviour) Tower seen in the background, in Moscow on Sept. 14.
Photo by AFP

A Moscow court has placed a leading human rights activist in pretrial detention on suspicion of fraud, extending Russia's crackdown on civil society.

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