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Russian Police Allegedly Preventing Anti-G8 Meeting

The Konstantinovsky Palace, the venue for the G8 summit, which starts on July 15 (ITAR-TASS)

July 8, 2006 -- A Russian lawmaker has accused law enforcement bodies of forcefully preventing activists from participating in an anti-globalization forum to be held at the same time as next week's G8 summit, which will bring together the leaders of the eight leading major industrialized nations in St. Petersburg.

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July 09, 2006

Oleg Smolin, a Communist, claimed activists from Russian provinces heading to the Russian Social Forum have been led off trains and forced to stay home.

(AP, AFP)

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