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40 million Russians are convinced that I am a scoundrel, a thief, a criminal or a CIA agent, who deserves to be shot, hanged or drawn and quartered.

Anatoly Chubais

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Anatoly Chubais
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 16
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