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Meta Added to List of ‘Terrorist and Extremist’ Groups by Russia's Financial Monitoring Agency: All Details
Meta has been added to a list of "terrorists and extremists" by Russia's financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring. The company's appeal against a ruling that it was guilty of "extremist activity" in Russia in March was rejected by a Moscow court in June. Russian officials have regularly stated that the "extremist" tag does not apply to the com...
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Russia Calls Kremlin Critic US 'Agent' After Extremism Ruling
Russia on Thursday suggested that Washington was quick to condemn the designation of Alexei Navalny's groups as extremist because the jailed Kremlin critic was in fact working for the United States.
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Russian Court Imposes Sweeping Bans On Kremlin Critic's Group
A Russian court on Tuesday imposed sweeping bans on jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), its director said, while it considers whether to designate the group an extremist organisation.
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Russia Urges Closing Turkey-Syria Border To Bar Extremists
Russia called on Thursday for the closing of the Turkey-Syrian border to prevent the ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front extremist groups from receiving foreign fighters and weapons into Syria - and from exporting oil, artifacts and other goods.
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Russia Says 11 ISIS-Linked Fighters Killed in North Caucasus
Russia said Sunday it had killed 11 fighters linked to the extremist Islamic State group in a special operation in its volatile North Caucasus region.
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Will Not Relent in Fight Against Islamic State, Says Obama; Asks Russia For Help
US President Barack Obama on Sunday said the United States and its allies would not relent in its fight to combat Islamic State extremists and would hunt down their leaders and cut off the group's financing.
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12 Islamic State Jihadists Killed in Russia Raids on Syria's Raqa: Report
At least 12 jihadists from the Islamic State group have been killed in Russia's first air strikes on the extremist faction's main Syrian bastion, a monitoring group said.
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Syria Regime Raids on Islamic State 'Capital' Kill 95
Syrian regime air strikes on Islamic State group stronghold Raqa killed at least 95 people as a government delegation prepared for talks with key ally Russia today on relaunching peace negotiations.
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Chechen in Syria a Rising Star in Extremist Group
A young, red-bearded ethnic Chechen has rapidly become one of the most prominent commanders in the breakaway al Qaeda group that has overrun swaths of Iraq and Syria, illustrating the international nature of the movement.
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Russia Demands Twitter Block 'Extremist' Accounts
Russia's media watchdog on Monday demanded US-based microblogging service Twitter block several "extremist" accounts as the Kremlin continues to tighten its control over the Internet.
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Russian court bans "extremist" Pussy Riot video
A Russian court ruled on Thursday that video footage of the Pussy Riot punk group protesting against President Vladimir Putin in a church was "extremist" and said it should be removed from websites.
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Meta Added to List of ‘Terrorist and Extremist’ Groups by Russia's Financial Monitoring Agency: All Details
Meta has been added to a list of "terrorists and extremists" by Russia's financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring. The company's appeal against a ruling that it was guilty of "extremist activity" in Russia in March was rejected by a Moscow court in June. Russian officials have regularly stated that the "extremist" tag does not apply to the com...
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Russia Calls Kremlin Critic US 'Agent' After Extremism Ruling
Russia on Thursday suggested that Washington was quick to condemn the designation of Alexei Navalny's groups as extremist because the jailed Kremlin critic was in fact working for the United States.
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Russian Court Imposes Sweeping Bans On Kremlin Critic's Group
A Russian court on Tuesday imposed sweeping bans on jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), its director said, while it considers whether to designate the group an extremist organisation.
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Russia Urges Closing Turkey-Syria Border To Bar Extremists
Russia called on Thursday for the closing of the Turkey-Syrian border to prevent the ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front extremist groups from receiving foreign fighters and weapons into Syria - and from exporting oil, artifacts and other goods.
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Russia Says 11 ISIS-Linked Fighters Killed in North Caucasus
Russia said Sunday it had killed 11 fighters linked to the extremist Islamic State group in a special operation in its volatile North Caucasus region.
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Will Not Relent in Fight Against Islamic State, Says Obama; Asks Russia For Help
US President Barack Obama on Sunday said the United States and its allies would not relent in its fight to combat Islamic State extremists and would hunt down their leaders and cut off the group's financing.
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12 Islamic State Jihadists Killed in Russia Raids on Syria's Raqa: Report
At least 12 jihadists from the Islamic State group have been killed in Russia's first air strikes on the extremist faction's main Syrian bastion, a monitoring group said.
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Syria Regime Raids on Islamic State 'Capital' Kill 95
Syrian regime air strikes on Islamic State group stronghold Raqa killed at least 95 people as a government delegation prepared for talks with key ally Russia today on relaunching peace negotiations.
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Chechen in Syria a Rising Star in Extremist Group
A young, red-bearded ethnic Chechen has rapidly become one of the most prominent commanders in the breakaway al Qaeda group that has overrun swaths of Iraq and Syria, illustrating the international nature of the movement.
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Russia Demands Twitter Block 'Extremist' Accounts
Russia's media watchdog on Monday demanded US-based microblogging service Twitter block several "extremist" accounts as the Kremlin continues to tighten its control over the Internet.
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Russian court bans "extremist" Pussy Riot video
A Russian court ruled on Thursday that video footage of the Pussy Riot punk group protesting against President Vladimir Putin in a church was "extremist" and said it should be removed from websites.
