The use of the Nashi as an intermediary between the Russian government and its hacker population.

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Putin did not restrain his skin-head Nashi hooligans, when they targeted dark skinned people on the streets.

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Since the emails were published there have been calls in Russia for Nashi to be investigated for its activities.

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Desperate to turn the tide, public health leaders came up with a new anti-HIV campaign: NASHI, for the National Adolescent Sexual Health Initiative.

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Anonymous said Ms Potupchik was targeted after Nashi activists wearing the group's Guy Fawkes masks started handing out fake copies of independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta in September last year.

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The Nashi leadership are either former or current members of the State Duma and a portion of its funding comes from the State Committee for Youth as well as Gazprom Investment Holdings, whose Chairman is Russian Oligarch Alisher Usmanov.

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The acquisition of, or investment in, social network platforms around the world under the auspices of Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies (DST) which, like the Nashi, was formed in 2005 and is also a beneficiary, like the Nashi, of significant investments by Alisher Usmanov.

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