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US Critics Compare Russia’s New Treason Law to Soviet-Era Thinking

November 15, 2012 JRL Russia List Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, History, Soviet Union, Human Rights, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Nonprofits, Activists, NGO's, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Spies, Spy Allegations, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

WASHINGTON November 14 (By Suleiman Wali for RIA Novosti) – A controversial new law that expands the definition of treason in Russia is being decried by critics in the United States as the Kremlin’s continuing effort to return the country to a “darker criminal code.” “Over the past six months, a series of laws have been passed in Russia that […]