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Rabbi’s expulsion rattles Russian Jews fearful of Kremlin crackdown

The labeling of L.A.-born Ari Edelkopf as a security risk is one of several recent cases in which Russian Jews have seen collateral damage from living in Vladimir Putin's authoritarian state.

American Chabad rabbi called security risk in Russia, ordered to leave

Meanwhile, police in Moscow arrested the Jewish civil rights activist Mark Galperin on charges that he incited to extremism.

Russian court dissolves Jewish community group

A Russian court dissolved a Jewish community association, in a move critics said was part of a crackdown on foreign NGOs but others said was procedural.