December 27, 2012

Russians Mobilize Against 'Herod's Law'

Vlad Kara, Spotlight on Russia

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If anyone needed more proof that Russia’s current “Parliament” is neither a legitimate nor a representative body—beyond the mass fraud in last year’s election and the largest protest ralliesin two decades—it came during the passage of the anti-orphan bill in both houses of the Federal Assembly.

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