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Picket outside the Dutch Embassy in Moscow on Saturday.

Russian Lawmaker Urges Dutch Ministers to Resign over Diplomat’s Arrest

Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, known for his headline-grabbing outbursts, said Saturday the Dutch interior and foreign ministers should resign over last week’s detention of a Russian diplomat by police in The Hague.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in a separate cell in Mordovian prison. Oct. 1, 2013

Pussy Riot Member Accuses Prison of ‘Information Blockade’

A jailed Pussy Riot rocker who was hospitalized two weeks ago amid a hunger strike over prison conditions has accused Russian authorities of an “information blockade” imposed on her, suggesting that this was a “political” decision.

OMON riot police detains orthodox anti-gay activists

Over 60 Detained at LGBT Rally in Russia's St.Petersburg

Sixty-seven people were detained at a gay pride gathering in St. Petersburg on Saturday as gay rights supporters clashed with anti-gay campaigners, a local police spokesman has said.

Election day in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s Opposition Candidate Calls for New Election

Azerbaijan’s main opposition candidate Jamil Hasanli has called for the results of Wednesday's presidential election in the oil-rich ex-Soviet republic to be cancelled over alleged voting violations.

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