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– "Foreign agent" label still being used to stigmatise criticism in Russia (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 6, 2017

For the past four years, the Kremlin has sought to stigmatise criticism or alternative views of government policy as disloyal, foreign-sponsored, or even traitorous.
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