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"...the complete mockery of justice and blatant illegality on display in this trial was something truly appalling." - NYT on Mr. Udaltsov and Mr. Razvozzhayev trial

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"But the complete mockery of justice and blatant illegality on display in this trial was something truly appalling." Putin sends a message? Opposition leaders get prison for staging riots (+video) Saturday July 26 th , 2014  at  12:20 PM Christian Science Monitor | World 1 Share Human rights advocates say Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev, each of whom were sentenced Thursday to 4-1/2 years in prison, were railroaded by Russian authorities to deter civil activism.
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The not so veiled and very revealing threat: "Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the EU’s move shows Europe wants to end cooperation with Russia on anti-terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and organized crime. “We are convinced that these decisions would be welcomed by the international terrorist community,” the ministry said on its website."

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"Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the EU’s move shows Europe wants to end cooperation with Russia on anti-terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and organized crime. “We are convinced that these decisions would be welcomed by the international terrorist community,” the ministry said on its website." Putin Isolated as EU Prepares Tougher Sanctions on Russia Saturday July 26 th , 2014  at  10:45 AM Businessweek.Com -- Top News 1 Share European leaders are considering their toughest sanctions yet on Vladimir Putin as the U.S. says there’s evidence that Russia plans to supply rebels with heavy weapons including multiple rocket launchers. With Ukraine and Russia trading accusations of shelling across each other’s borders, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing European Union leaders to sign off on new sanctions next week. Merkel wants “to intensify the sanctions” and wants “quick decisions on this,” Georg Streiter, a German government sp
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Another tip of another iceberg: "As David Cameron raised the spectre of widening sanctions against Russia to include the cronies and oligarchs around Putin', attention began to be focused on financial links between the Kremlin and the British establishment"

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Links are said to have emerged between Peter Mandelson's global consultancy firm and the power brokers of Putin's Russia Read more:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2706344/Putin-Prince-Darkness-Revealed-web-links-Peter-Mandelsons-shadowy-global-consultancy-firm-billionaire-power-brokers-Putins-Russia.html#ixzz38aDVtSqY Follow us:  @MailOnline on Twitter  |  DailyMail on Facebook »   Putin and the Prince of Darkness: Revealed: the web of links between Peter Mandelson's shadowy global consultancy firm and the billionaire power brokers of Putin's Russia 26/07/14 09:37 from  Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Since Lord Mandelson's consulting firm Global Counsel was founded four years ago, it has always refused to disclose the identity for which it provides advice. Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks Review   From The Major News Sources »   Experts: MH17 Victims Could Have Remained Conscious During
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