U.S. rights campaigner denied entry into Russia
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The head of a New York-based human rights group accused Russia on Wednesday of "bureaucratic harassment" of civil groups critical of the Kremlin after he was denied a visa to travel to Moscow.
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Family members of Russia's last czar should not be considered victims of political repression, a top prosecutor ruled Wednesday, again denying a request by royal family descendants.
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Russia rejected on Wednesday U.S.  criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President  Vladimir Putin, saying this was strictly Moscow's business.
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The rejection sets up a possible showdown between Russia and the West over the disputed territoryâs final status.
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Two Britons wanted by the United States to face terrorism charges failed in a legal challenge on Thursday to stop their extradition because of fears they would be mistreated.
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In a veiled swipe at the United States and its United States allies such as Israel, Russia&#39;s foreign minister said Sunday his country opposed a Security Council resolution demanding free presidential elections here and a Syrian troop withdrawal out of
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Russia on Wednesday curtly rejected U.S. criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin, telling Washington to stay out of its business.
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MOSCOW, June 8 -- A panel at the Moscow Bar Association voted 9 to 2 Friday to reject a disbarment effort launched by federal prosecutors against leading Russian human rights lawyer Karina Moskalenko.
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Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov was barred on Sunday from running for president in a March election, a move he said was taken to block any real challenge to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate.
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A U.S. immigration judge has denied  the political asylum claim of a mentally retarded youth from  West Africa whose plight has aroused worldwide attention and  prompted the intervention of 70 members of Congress.
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Russia and the US blocked the arrest of most-wanted Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, an ex-UN aide says.
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The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens was denied entry into the United States Tuesday night and will be flown back to England Wednesday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell rejected on Tuesday Russian charges the West is engaging in political manipulation to expand its influence in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics.
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The singer, who adopted the Muslim name Yusuf Islam in 1977, was denied entry to the United States on Tuesday when his name was found on an anti-terrorist watch list.
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A U.S.-based organization that tracks the progress of political rights and civil liberties across the world said Monday that Russia had fallen to the status of "not free" &#151; far behind the democratic nations Moscow sees as its peers.
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Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov protested has against US plans to set up a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic and vowed that Moscow would take steps to counter it.
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Russia's election authorities on Sunday barred former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov, a sharp critic of the Kremlin, from running in a March presidential election against President Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate.