<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[In Moscow's Shadows]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Mark Galeotti]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com/author/markgaleotti/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[In EUROPP on the political (ab)use of the law in&nbsp;Russia]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://inmoscowsshadows.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-13-at-3-38-28-pm.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1063" title="Screen Shot 2012-09-13 at 3.38.28 PM" src="https://inmoscowsshadows.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-13-at-3-38-28-pm.png?w=600&#038;h=367" alt="" width="600" height="367" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Just to note, <em><strong>Once again, the law in Russia is becoming a tool of political control</strong></em>, a commentary of mine on the use of the law and the investigatory apparatus in Russia as a tool to silence and suppress the opposition &#8212; including figures such as Gennady Gudkov &#8212; is on EUROPP, the LSE&#8217;s European Politics &amp; Policy blog, <a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2012/09/12/russia-law-political-tool/">here</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
]]></html><thumbnail_url><![CDATA[https://i1.wp.com/inmoscowsshadows.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-13-at-3-38-28-pm.png?fit=440%2C330]]></thumbnail_url><thumbnail_height><![CDATA[269]]></thumbnail_height><thumbnail_width><![CDATA[439]]></thumbnail_width></oembed>