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title: "My friend Elizabeth has asked me to reach out to people I know on…"
date: 2016-05-08
source: facebook
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# My friend Elizabeth has asked me to reach out to people I know on…

*May 8, 2016 · Facebook*

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[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/29/vladimir-bukovsky-russian-dissident-hunger-strike-litvinenko-uk-judicial-system](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/29/vladimir-bukovsky-russian-dissident-hunger-strike-litvinenko-uk-judicial-system){target="_blank"}
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My friend Elizabeth has asked me to reach out to people I know on behalf of Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky. He\'s currently on a hunger strike in England, to protest child pornography charges that were leveled against him last year.\
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Elizabeth believes that he\'s being framed by the FSB (successor to\
KGB) in retaliation for his political opposition to Putin, and to\
taint his testimony in the investigation of Alexander Litvinenko\'s\
murder (the former FSB whistleblower who was poisoned with polonium).\
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Here\'s an article in the Guardian about his case, along with a video\
interview of Bukovsky:\
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[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/29/vladimir-bukovsky-russian-dissident-hunger-strike-litvinenko-uk-judicial-system](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/29/vladimir-bukovsky-russian-dissident-hunger-strike-litvinenko-uk-judicial-system){target="_blank"}\
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Do you know of someone who might like to write about this story? If so, any suggestions for reaching out to them to bring the story to\
their attention? Neither of us normally do work that involves the\
media, so any help would be most appreciated.\
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@\[633481899:2048:Bryan Caplan\] @\[4053:2048:Celeste LeCompte\]
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