Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the grande dame of Russia's civil rights movement, has plenty of experience dealing with the authorities. Back in the Soviet era, she would disconcert KGB officers by placidly unpacking oranges, then a rarity, while being questioned. Last New Year's Eve, the 82-year-old dressed up as Snegurochka -- Father Christmas' granddaughter according to Russian fairy tales -- in order to dodge a ban on demonstrations.
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