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    Alexei Navalny
    / Activism and opposition to Putin

    launched the whistleblowing website RosPil (a Russian abbreviation for “Russian Saw”—saw being slang for “to embezzle,” as in to saw off a piece of a contract). The site publicized cases in which state contracts appeared to have been awarded corruptly. Navalny invited visitors to anonymously post details of suspicious…

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    launched the whistleblowing website RosPil (a Russian abbreviation for “Russian Saw”—saw being slang for “to embezzle,” as in to saw off a piece of a contract). The site publicized cases in which state contracts appeared to have been awarded corruptly. Navalny invited visitors to anonymously post details of suspicious…

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