The head of a coalition of Mauritanian political parties opposing the military leaders who seized power last year has said that talks toward the resolution of the country's political crisis have ended unsuccessfully.
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Some bankers in Moscow and Paris said they were perplexed by the case, as the sum of five million rubles is a fraction of the 100 million rubles per yearthat the head of a large Russian bank would expect to earn.