Watchdog 20 percent of Russia's Duma is 'power lobby'

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MOSCOW (AP) - Anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International says about one-fifth of the members of Russia's lower house of parliament are part of what it calls a "power lobby" that has significantly influenced sharply growing expenditures for national defense and law enforcement. In a report released Tuesday, the group's Russia office ...

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