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Advocate Fears Backlash Against Pro-Democracy Groups in Russia
By Suzanne Perry
Many charity officials have financial or legal woes. But few have troubles that can top those of Irina Yasina, program director at Open Russia.
Her group's founder, board chairman, and sole donor is in a Siberian penal colony. Prosecutors raided the charity's offices in Moscow last fall as part of a money-laundering investigation....