Update: Former FBI chief Robert Mueller has been appointed special counsel to probe the connections of President Donald Trump to Russia.
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Novaya Gazeta on Threats of Retribution Against Journalists from Chechen Clergy over Articles on Persecution of LGBT
The Grief Factory: How Regime Supporters Are Choreographed to Mourn on Demand
Novaya Gazeta Reports Point-Blank Execution of Chechen ‘Attackers’ at Odds with Official Account of ‘Clash’ with National Guards
‘Hybrid Cyberwars’: Are the Russian Hackers’ Arrests About American or Internal Russian issues?
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Photo: Yelena Kulikova, fined for taking part in demonstration March 26.
The ruble is trading at 57.12 to the dollar and 63.72 to the euro. Brent crude is selling for $52.20 per barrel.
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