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"meddling" in Russia's affairs  Russian President Vladimir Putin
has warned foreign-funded organizations against "meddling" in
the country's affairs.  Russia last year passed a law requiring
all such non-governmental organizations to register as "foreign
agents" — a derogatory term in the Russian language.  In his
speech to the board of the intelligence agency FSB, successor to
the KGB, Putin on Thursday defended the bill, saying that Moscow
won't tolerate "any meddling in our internal affairs, any forms
of pressure on Russia."  The Interfax news agency quoted FSB
chief Alexander Bortnikov as saying that the United States has
"raised geopolitical pressure" and still views Russia "as a
major rival on the international stage."  Critics say Putin, a
former KGB colonel, has used the NGO law and other recent
legislation to incite anti-Americanism.