The Kremlin have passed a decree allowing security services, including the FSB, Foreign Intelligence service, police and customs to obtain information from reading people’s mail without a warrant. Lev Ponomaryov, a leading human rights activist said to move showed the return of a “totalitarian regime”. Read more here
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Kremlin allows security services to spy on mail
The Kremlin have passed a decree allowing security services, including the FSB, Foreign Intelligence service, police and customs to obtain information from reading people’s mail without a warrant. Lev Ponomaryov, a leading human rights activist said to move showed the return of a “totalitarian regime”. Read more here
22 Jul 09
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