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In Russia, those with Putin ties grow rich

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Arkady Rotenberg, a former judo coach, is now a billionaire industrialist, having made a fortune selling pipe to the state-owned gas monopoly, Gazprom.

Yuri Kovalchuk owned a minority stake in a small bank in St. Petersburg that won control of a number of Gazprom....

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