Peter Vins, a US citizen and former Soviet dissident who returned to Russia to start a shipping company, is wanted in Russia in connection with charges of evading 3 million rubles (~$100,000) in taxes. The Moscow Helsinki Group stated that it will ask US President Obama to take up the case with the Russian government, and contends that the charges are a pretext for the authorities' displeasure with Vins's human rights work, including creation of a journalism award in memory of Andrei Sakharov.
www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1314380&print=true
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