Posting articles in a forum is not the same as getting to know people and showing them who you are.

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Johnson's Russia List, an online forum and archive of foreign press articles about Russia.

ECONOMIST: Sources and acknowledgments

Most of the innumerable press articles that emerged from the Forum tend toward one central theme: How did the gathered honchos evaluate prospects for the world economy?

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