MOSCOW (Reuters) - Over 550 Russian academics and scientists accused the Kremlin on Thursday of waging a campaign of repression against activists who have staged some of Russia's biggest anti-government protests in years.
In an open letter, they demanded that criminal cases be dropped against more than a dozen people who face up to eight years in jail for what police have said was mass unrest at a recent opposition protest over a local election next month.
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