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#BREAKING Russian senators adopt 'extremist' bill that would bar critics from polls

#UPDATE The upper house of Russia's parliament has overwhelmingly backed legislation that is expected to be used to ban allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny from running in elections

#UPDATE Russia's upper house on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed legislation expected to be used to ban allies of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny from running in elections, the latest move in a crackdown on the opposition
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#BREAKING Russian court remands Kremlin critic Andrei Pivovarov in custody for two months: allies

#UPDATE Russian authorities have widened a crackdown on the country's beleaguered opposition as the legislature advanced a bill that would bar opponents from polls and a court jailed another well-known Kremlin critic, Andrei #Pivovarov u.afp.com/U7eJ