Yevgeny Nazdratenko, governor of Primorsky Krai, now speaks publicly of the need to bring the Russian border guards into line.
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Now, though, Mr Bush is under growing pressure to toughen his line with the Russian leader.
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But Russian diplomats have held the line against economic sanctions, describing them as the start of a slippery slope to military intervention, which Russia opposes.
The 24-year-old Okoro, so impressive in the winter's indoor meets, burst into the lead but after tiring on the last bend she collapsed on the line, with Meadows finishing in fourth and Russian Mariya Savinova taking gold in 1:58.10 minutes.
Mr Putin described the new acting finance minister, the rarely heard of former deputy Anton Siluanov, as a "good, strong specialist", which investors immediately took to mean he would tow the party line and as such be a safe bet for the Russian leaders during the upcoming election season.
Virgin have yet to finalise their 2011 driver line-up and the Russian cash injection has prompted speculation the team could employ a Russian driver.
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Scot Morag MacLarty just missed out on bronze to Russian Yuliya Zarudneva in a sprint to the line.
So while this story will no doubt be yet another in a long line of Russian PR disasters, the actual real world impact will be so muted as to be unnoticeable.
Then, there is a real possibility that the trans-Kazak line will link up with a Russian pipeline and so also could carry Siberian oil to China.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's tough line was also endorsed by the UK's prime minister on Monday who said there were "no easy, risk-free, safe solutions" in such a situation.
The effect of such an oil spike would be to line the pockets of OPEC nations (and U.S. wildcatters and Russian potentates) with greenbacks while applying a brake to any nascent growth in the world economy.
The Russian was able to get back on his bike but struggled on the last climb and crossed the line in 18th place.
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Commentators say Russian technology, or a close copy of it, will be used to bring the two craft into line.
It does not help that senior Russian generals are threatening to rain nuclear annihilation on Ukraine and Poland if they refuse to toe the Kremlin's line.
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