Since their appearance, the documents have received broad play in Russian newspapers and online.

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Russian Jews ran their own stores and restaurants, read Russian newspapers and enjoyed their own music and theater.

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Russian newspapers quoted unidentified ballet dancers saying that Dmitrichenko had a fiery temper.

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Mr Lebedev owns Britain's Independent and Evening Standard newspapers, holds a major stake in the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and is the largest private shareholder in the Russian airline Aeroflot.

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