These days, says Mr Markin, Yekaterinburg’s highest-rollers often spend $50,000 or more in his store.

据马尔金称，如今叶卡特琳堡的大款们经常来他的店消费，而且出手阔绰，营业额时常能超过50，000美圆。

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"They can act like it's moving a mountain" says Ms. Markin. "People think they're doing this enormous favor."

马尔金说：“他们那副样子好像上刀山一样，觉得自己是帮了你天大的忙。”

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The spokesman of the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin told news agencies that a criminal probe was being opened into neglect of air transport rules.

俄联邦调查委员会发言人Vladimir Mark in对新闻界说一项忽视航空运输规则的犯罪调查已经展开。

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In an unusually open interview with the BBC, Mr Markin also claimed that no-one was above the law in Russia.

BBC: Russian journalists demand action over assaults

Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said Mr Serdyukov would be questioned in the probe "if there is a reason" for doing so.

BBC: Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov fired by Putin

This report quoted Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin as saying "there were no mass water releases or overflow over the dam" from the Neberdzhayevskoye Reservoir.

CNN: July 9, 2012 -- Updated 0150 GMT (0950 HKT)