First the spoiler was Sberbank, because as the biggest it would pay most towards deposit insurance, in effect covering other banks.

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They've since renovated the chateau (which had been used for government conferences), furnishing each bathroom with Italian marble, covering chairs and beds in rich brocade fabrics and sourcing 17th-century furniture for a truly palatial effect.

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