The visit of the Free Software Foundation leader Richard Stallman to Russia in March 2008 could be canceled because of the problems with too-late visa application. A part of the trouble appeared to be Stallman's rejection to get help from Victor Alksnis, the State Duma member and the only Russian politician who helps Free Software and Open Source movements in Russia.
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mawcs
1 year 20 weeks 4 hours 55 min ago
That's a leap!
Administrative (Visa) issues != "scared of Russia"
aboutblank
1 year 19 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago
Sergey Udaltsov scared him off
At least that's what the second paragraph of the article says.