Politics & Government
Yevgeniya Chirikova, pictured here at her countryside dacha August 11, 2009, got involved with local politics in Khimki, a Moscow suburb, and soon saw the rougher side of life in her town. A journalist she contacted about plans to build a highway through a nearby forest was beaten half to death and left for dead. (Tom Lasseter/MCT)
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Giorgi Vartanov, a researcher for the Foundation Against Corruption, Lies and Disgrace, said he joined the group after local law enforcement raided his businesses and forced him to hand over ownership. In the background is a picture of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with an anti-corruption quote. (Tom Lasseter/MCT)
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Konstantin Fetisov, a former head of the presidential administration's office in Khimki -- a Moscow suburb -- is now a regional coordinator of an anti-corruption activist group called the Foundation Against Corruption, Lies and Disgrace. His boss was attacked last month by men who shot him in the mouth with a pellet gun. (Tom Lasseter/MCT)
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