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From Moscow to Cairo, a war on democracy promotion

The Christian Science Monitor

Sergei Nikitin is the chief of Amnesty International in Russia, one of many NGOs targeted by the Russian government under a law that declares them foreign agents.(AP/File) In the former Soviet Union, when officials thought a citizen was stirring up others, they acted harshly.

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War on democracy

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2013/0915/From-Moscow-to-Cairo-a-war-on-democracy-promotion

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