ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Before leaving for home after the Group of 20 summit, President Barack Obama sat down with nine Russian civil society activists on Friday evening to assure them that he would keep pressing the Russian government to respect human rights, some of the activists said. But Obama also explained to them why this was not always possible. "He was telling us how difficult it is for him to raise these issues, especially in relations with Russia and China," said Pavel Chikov, who heads Agors, a legal aid nongovernmental organization. Yana Yakovleva, head of business advocacy group Business Solidarity, described the meeting with Obama as "open ...
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