“Putin issued a decree and the newspaper's printing presses were nationalised. Its registration was revoked.
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“The people of Iran must be free to exercise their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly without fear.
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“Most opinion leaders have been declared 'foreign agents', 'extremists' or 'terrorists'. Several hundred