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Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.

Garry Kasparov

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Garry Kasparov
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 13
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Rosneft, for instance, was mainly built upon capital stolen from [jailed oligarch Mikhail] Khodorkovsky's company, but the IPO was successful with many Western corporations investing in it. This means that it is extremely difficult to detect these assets in their pure form.
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