Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov told VOA that Mr.Medvedev's diagnosis of Russian problems is correct, but he offered no specific steps to address them.

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Last month the Russian justice ministry announced that it was refusing to register the People's Freedom Party, a coalition created by four former members of previous Russian governments: Mikhail Kasyanov, Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Ryzhkov and Vladimir Milov.

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