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Kerry meets Russian rights activists amid crackdown

AFP – US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian rights activists Wednesday as he faced a tough balancing act between trying to find common ground with the Kremlin on Syria and signalling support for the country’s embattled civil society. On his first visit to Russia as the top US diplomat.

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