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Oct 20 / 8:04am

Students Detained at Moscow University

by Kerkko Paananen

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Several journalism students were detained for posing awkward questions to Russia's placeholder president, Dmitry Medvedev, during his visit to Moscow University. Opposition-minded students were not allowed to attend lessons during Medvedev's visit. Kremlin's youth affairs commissar, Vasily Yakemenko, arrived in Medvedev's entourage, flanked by members of his Nashi movement.

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