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Lazar praised Putin's government, saying that anti-Semitism in Russia was on the decline. In recent years, synagogues have been bombed, Jewish cemeteries vandalized and a Jewish leader stabbed, but he said Jews today felt much freer in Russia.
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An even greater victory occurred in July 2006, when Russia announced the killing of Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, responsible for the horrific Beslan terrorist attack. In Feb. 2007, Putin dismissed the president of Chechnya, Alu Alkhanov, and appointed Ramzan Kadyrov, a security official and the son of former Chechen president Akhmad, who was killed by rebels in 2004. Ramzan Kadyrov and forces loyal to him have been linked to human-rights abuses in the troubled region.
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“Instead of pouring $11 million into public relations for Gazprom, let him spend this money on finding the real killers of Anna Politkovskaya and others who fight for freedom in Russia,” Amsterdam said. “Let him use these resources to track down those who smear the name of Russia by using radioactive poison on the streets of Russia. Let him investigate those corrupt individuals within the procuracy who at this very moment are preparing new, invented charges against Mikhail Khodorkovsky designed to prevent his parole before elections. No matter how much President Putin and his advisors spend on public relations, so long as he refuses to recognize that the system is broken there will always be a deficit of those who believe him.”
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After eight years of rule that saw Russia's influence and wealth grow while its democratic freedoms shrank, voters began casting their ballots Sunday for President Vladimir Putin's successor. The main candidate, Dmitry Medvedev, says that if he wins he will ask Putin to become prime minister.
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The chief rabbi of Russia, Adolf Shaevich, has gotten into an extremely difficult situation. Last week he sent a letter to Vladimir Putin in which he claimed that the president’s administration is hoping to send him into retirement and even has put corresponding pressure on him. At virtually the same time this document was turned over to the Washington Post.
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By the fall of 1993, politics in Russia reached a stalemate between President Yeltsin and the parliament. The parliament had succeeded in blocking, overturning, or ignoring the President's initiatives on drafting a new constitution, conducting new elections, and making further progress on democratic and economic reforms.
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