The daily Vedomosti newspaper reported that Abramovich is in talks to acquire a large stake in one of the Russian Federation's largest vertically integrated steel and mining businesses, Evraz Group .

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The leading Russian business daily, Vedomosti, has said the authorities were responsible for what it called a "medieval death".

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Many of his journalists are already looking for new employers (such as Vedomosti, a business daily to be launched later this year, whose backers include the Financial Times, part-owner of The Economist).

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But as Vedomosti, Russia's business daily, wrote, such moves are too little and too late.

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As Vedomosti, Russia's business daily, points out, Mr Putin has always been the real obstacle to Russia's entry into the WTO.

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