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Russia Criticizes Arrests of Protesters in U.S., Canada

22:28 21/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti)

Russia is seriously concerned over recent “aggressive” arrests of demonstrators in Chicago and Montreal and hopes that the U.S. and Canadian authorities will react to public rallies with restraint, the Russian Foreign Ministry's ombudsman for human rights, Konstantin Dolgov, said on Monday.

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