Russia widens powers of KGB successor agency

29 July 2010, 2:26 am

Russia has widened the powers of its Federal Security Service, the main successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB, in a move critics say could be used to stifle protests and intimidate government opponents.... Read More »

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