Topic: Yevgenia Chirikova
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In further blow to journalists, beaten Russian reporter gets slander conviction
Russian reporter Mikhail Beketov, who lost a leg and three fingers to unidentified assailants in 2008, suffered one of many attacks connected to a controversial development project in Khimki Forest.
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The power politics behind effort to save Moscow's Khimki forest
A protest to stop road-building in the formerly protected Khimki forest near Moscow is gaining traction. Russian analysts say there's more to it than simple environmental concerns.
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Fight to save Moscow forest from development tests tolerance for dissent
'The public should have some say,' an opposition leader told the Monitor of a proposal for a 10-lane road through a Moscow forest. Moments later, he and 50 others were arrested.
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