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President Mintimer Shaimiev, for instance, has turned Tatarstan into a kind of mini-state, complete with its own economic policy.
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That, certainly, is what the Tatar leader, Mr Shaimiev, has proposed.
ECONOMIST: Devolution is not always good for democracy
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That did not seem to fit very well with Mr Primakov's comments, or with the line taken by a third OVR leader, President Shaimiev of Tatarstan, who initially told the federal authorities he did not want any young Tatars to be conscripted to fight in the south.
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