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April 8th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
Russia has urged German authorities to punish the protesters. “This is
ordinary hooliganism and unfortunately it happens all over the world, in any
city. One needs to punish (them),” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The trade fair in Hanover, which opened on Sunday, features exhibitors from
more than 60 countries. Relations between Russia and Germany have come under
strain recently over the Kremlin’s harsh line on opposition groups and
non-governmental organisations, including raids on the offices of two German
NGOs in Moscow and St Petersburg.
At the opening of the fair on Sunday, Mrs Merkel that Moscow should give “non-governmental
organizations – the many groups that we in Germany know as motors of
innovation – a good chance in Russia.”
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