“Officials from the Moscow administration, the Interior Ministry and apparently some other organizations were trying to settle a dispute between the two bodies unilaterally, without judicial bodies, and therefore arbitrarily,” Mr. Lukin said. The Kremlin’s Human Rights Council has called a special meeting next week to discuss the episode. Several dozen journalists and activists picketed during the day, displaying signs that read, “We will not give up” and “Riot police are morons.” Mr. Ponomaryov was the victim of a beating in 2009, when a group of men ambushed him outside his home. More recently, after Mr. Putin backed a measure requiring nonprofit groups receiving Western support to register as foreign agents, the words “Foreign Agent” were spray-painted on the front door of his office. nytimes/2013/06/23/world/europe/human-rights-advocate-says-he-was-beaten-as-russian-officers-watched.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
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