And so Lee spent the next five months virtually alone, reading Russian novels, writing a math textbook and leaving his cell for only one hour a day.

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He is writing a book on the Russian attitude toward the Soviet past.

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My very first job writing about economics was for a Russian magazine, Commersant.

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Ten supposed middlemen in Latvia were arrested last year, and suspects said to be responsible for writing and deploying the code were picked up by Russian police in July.

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At eight he was writing formal French verse as well as memorising the intricate Russian fairytales which his devoted serf nanny told him.

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He avoids jargon in his writing and is an entertaining art historian, as is shown by his popular television series on Spanish and Russian art, and by his weekly art criticism.

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