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Russia's War, Oligarchs and Arguable Foreign Policy Decisions

Written byVeronica Khokhlova
Posted 10 February 2006 23:56 GMT

Yuri Mamchur of Russia Blog writes on the recent clashes in a Southern Russian village, the inadequate coverage of Russia in the U.S. media, the West's support for the Russian ‘oligarchs’, Putin's decision to invite Hamas representatives to Moscow – and the possible reasons to be concerned and even outraged by all these.

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Written byVeronica Khokhlova

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