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You’ve made thousands of residents of Pikalevo hostages of your ambition, your nonprofessionalism and maybe your greed. ... It’s totally unacceptable. Russian Prime Minister, VLADIMIR PUTIN
Friday, Jun. 05, 2009

Open quoteYou've made thousands of residents of Pikalevo hostages of your ambition, your nonprofessionalism and maybe your greed ... It's totally unacceptable. Close quote

  • VLADIMIR PUTIN,
  • Russian Prime Minister, publicly chastising three businessmen who jointly own the only factory in the city of Pikalevo. They have not paid their workers for the past three months
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