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MOSCOW (Reuters) - State prosecutors asked a Moscow court on Friday to restrict media magnate Alexander Lebedev's movements for 21 months for punching a rival on a TV talk show but did not demand a jail sentence. Lebedev, backer of British newspapers The Independent and London Evening Standard, says the trial is the Kremlin's revenge for his criticism of the government and co-ownership of a Russian newspaper hostile to President Vladimir Putin. He also sees it as a warning to other Russian tycoons. ...
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