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Putin’s allies turn Russia into a corporate state

By Neil Buckley and Arkady Ostrovsky

Published: June 18 2006 19:04 | Last updated: June 18 2006 19:04

Part 2 - Putin’s ‘managed democracy’
Part 3 - Russia reimagines role
Part 4 - US hardens attitude

Leaders of Russian industry, lined up under company banners to greet President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg last week, looked like soldiers standing to attention for their commanding officer. Some had flown hundreds of miles for a place in the parade.

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