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October 7, 2012

The Thug in Moscow's Miscalculation

Kenneth Roth, Foreign Policy

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It was a big mistake to pick on a pregnant human rights activist. The world must hold whoever was responsible to account.

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TAGGED: Vladimir Putin, Russia

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