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It was to be reserved for judges, but Kremlin backs down in face of outcry. In the face of widespread opposition, the Russian government has backed down from a plan to bar the public from a well-regarded St. Petersburg hospitaland reserve it exclusively for the nation’s senior judges. The decision, announced Tuesday in St. Petersburg by Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova, is being seen as a victory for public opinion — and a demonstration that even the Kremlin is responsive when confronted with sufficiently broad-based popular feeling...
