As a vice president in the southwestern city of Rostov, he was able to jump-start small-business lending by galvanizing local banks.

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Fant and Aleksejs Rostov both picked up their fourth fouls midway through the half, taking seats next to Harper on the Western Kentucky bench.

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In 1994, Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, the "Rostov Ripper, " who raped and butchered more than 50 victims, was executed after losing an 11th-hour appeal for clemency.

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According to the police chief heading the investigation, the two - Andrey Samoylov and Vladimir Ivanchenko from the Rostov region in southern Russia - admitted carrying out the attack.

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Baxter also named two uncapped players in the squad, Johannesburg-born defender Mark Arber, who plays for English second division side Peterborough United, and Rowen Hendricks, who is at Russian club FC Rostov.

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"Alongside there will be many other minor intrigues, some of which will one day find the light of day, " it added, likening the occasion to the first ball of Tolstoy's War and Peace heroine Natasha Rostov.

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