Word: volin
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...bailiffs were simply executing a court order, said Alexei Volin, a senior government spokesman, so "one should not talk about any change in the freedom of the press in Russia." Opposition politicians expressed the usual outrage, though this time there was a tinge of fatigue in their voices. "For the first time since the Brezhnev years I feel a constant, low-grade sense of shame for my country," said Vladimir Lukin, deputy speaker of the Duma, or lower house of parliament. Few, however, believe the affair will cause more than a ripple of protest inside Russia or beyond...
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