Russian Blogger Faces Charges After Being Detained Before Putin Siberia Visit
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Pyotr Shepelev, a blogger in Russia's Siberian Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, faces five administrative charges after being detained on June 18, just hours before a visit to the regional capital, Yakutsk, by President Vladimir Putin.