Politician Becomes Dictatorship Victim Despite Being Last Opposition Member in Russian Parliament

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Russian Duma expels anti-Putin lawmaker. Sign of a coming crackdown?

The Christian Science Monitor

In a nearly unprecedented action, the pro-Kremlin majority in Russia’s State Duma voted to strip dissident lawmaker Gennady Gudkov of his parliamentary mandate Friday. The move – just a day before thousands of Russians are expected to return to the streets of Moscow to protest against Vladimir Putin.