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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9416
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/russia

MEPs speak out against pressure before elections

Strasbourg, 27/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the Parliament adopted, by 65 votes in favour and 2 abstentions, a resolution expressing concern about pressure brought to bear on opposition groups and non-governmental organisations to oblige them to abstain from all activities carried out against the president and the government, and to prevent the media from reporting on this. “Democracy has been weakened in Russia”, state the MEPs, speaking out against the worsening general...

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