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  FDCS proposes new way of filtering Internet content

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  The Foundation for the Development of Civil Society is soon to publish a major report concerning a very contentious subject: the use of the Russian Internet for political purposes and consequent censorship of the Internet and filtering content. Anyone who is interested in politics is aware of the existence in Russia of a blacklist of websites
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  Foreign agents in Russia want to revoke the law about them

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  Foreign Agents Registration Act came into force in Russia in November 2012. According to the law, non-profit organizations that conduct political activities in Russia on the funds they receive from abroad should be registered with the Ministry for Justice as foreign agents. Political NGOs immediately became opposed to their designation as agents.
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  European officials realize how much they need Russia

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  State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin may take part in the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in the fall of 2013. Last year, the chairman of the lower house of the Russian parliament refused to participate in the event due to the position taken by some leaders of the PACE and a number of "Russophobian delegations"
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  White House rounds off rough corners for 'those Russians'

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  The Obama Administration sent for the approval of the U.S. Congress the "Magnitsky list" that includes 18 people. 16 of them are directly linked with the case of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. Another two were included on certain humanitarian grounds. All of them, in case of approval by the Congress, will not be able to visit the US
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  Israel spies on Russia 365 days a year

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  Spy devices disguised as rocks were found on an uninhabited island near the Russian base at Tartus. Israel is keeping an eye on other military objects in Syria served by Russian experts, and may have intelligence operations in Russia. The country is selective about sharing this information with its allies.