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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9551

27 November 2007
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/russia
Commission greatly concerned at repression of opposition

Brussels, 26/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 26 November, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, said that he was “greatly concerned” at this weekend's repression of opposition demonstrations against President Vladimir Putin in Russia. “The right to free expression and the right of assembly are fundamental human rights and I strongly regret that the Russian authorities felt the need to resort to such brutal actions”, said Mr Barroso. The Commission...

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