The first fall session of the State Duma, Russia's lower chamber of parliament, was marked Tuesday by virulent anti-Western sentiment and the launch of a smear campaign against the Duma's only deputy openly critical of Kremlin policies.
The Moscow Times: Russian parliament resumes work with smear attack on opposition deputy
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (C) and RPR-Parnas opposition party candidate Ilya Yashin (R) speak with people near the Open Russia movement during Russian regional elections in the town of Kostroma, some 300 km outside Moscow, on Sept. 13.
