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Russia’s new anti-extremism law targets online communications

Jul

2014

What is extremism? Thats up to Russian president Vladimir Putin to decide, according to a new amendment to Russian law announced this week by the Kremlin. The law gives Putin more flexibility to punish what he deems as extremist behavior — on par with terrorism, legally — and it works hand-in-hand with a redefinition of […]

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Ukraine Overshadows NSA Rift Ahead of Obama-Merkel Talks

Apr

2014

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets US President Barack Obama this week with shared fears over the mounting Ukraine crisis helping to mend ties ruptured by the NSA eavesdropping scandal. As tensions between Russia and the West unseen since the Cold War threaten to boil over, officials and analysts said ahead of Merkel’s two-day […]

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Snowden Questions Putin on Surveillance in Phone-in

Apr

2014

MOSCOW – Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden on Thursday joined a phone-in with Russian President Vladimir Putin, quizzing him over the extent of Moscow’s surveillance activities. Putin, a former KGB agent, greeted Snowden as a fellow “former agent” before assuring him that Russia’s surveillance of the population was not on a mass scale and […]

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Posts Tagged ‘Russian President Vladimir Putin’

Russia’s new anti-extremism law targets online communications

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Snowden Questions Putin on Surveillance in Phone-in

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