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Activists are moved on by police during a protest demanding the release of political prisoners outside the building of the Federal Investigative Commission in Moscow June 16, 2012. A Russian investigator on Thursday accused a leading liberal newspaper of fabricating a letter that said he had threatened a journalist in order to stir up anger among opponents of President Vladimir Putin, but admitted he had over-reacted.

Activists are moved on by police during a protest demanding the release of political prisoners outside the building of the Federal Investigative Commission in Moscow June 16, 2012. A Russian investigator on Thursday accused a leading liberal newspaper of fabricating a letter that said he had threatened a journalist in order to stir up anger among opponents of President Vladimir Putin, but admitted he had over-reacted.