1. Leszek Buszynski is Professor at the Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan, Yamato machi, Niigata ken, Japan. Email: .
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3. 1 "V Rossii Gotovitsya oligarkhicheskii perevorot" [An oligarchic coup is being prepared in Russia], Utro.ru, May 26, 2003, .
4. 2 Maria Trifonova, "Kas'yanov khochet pyat' protsentov" [Kasyanov wants 5 percent], ibid., June 18, 2003, .
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