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  • Azat Miftakhov: Six Years in Prison for Not Breaking a Window
    Azat Miftakhov: Six Years in Prison for Not Breaking a Window
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    Ilya Shakursky: “Now and Then the Flame Dies Down, but Solidarity Is a Stream of Sparks”
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    Fifty Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences: "We Urge the Court to Release Azat Miftakhov"
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    Torture First, Ask Questions Later (The Case of Azat Miftakhov)
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    A Letter to the International Congress of Mathematicians on the Azat Miftakhov Case
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    Shiyes: The Cost of Solidarity
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    Elena Kostyuchenko: Homophobia Is the Cause
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Day: September 15, 2013

“Socialist Friendship,” Kindly Brought to You by a Shiver of Sharks

socialist friendship

The Central Bank of Syria, according to publicly available information, has opened euro and ruble accounts at VTB Bank, which is 75 percent owned by the Russian state. Vnesheconombank (VEB) is reportedly still doing business in Syria. Gazprombank (GPB) was operating last year but now claims to have stopped.

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