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  • Russians Who Invested in 'People's IPOs' See Their Savings Vanish(Putin screws his base)

    12/12/2008 11:28:50 PM PST · by TigerLikesRooster · 14 replies · 1,374+ views
    WP ^ | 12/12/08 | Philip P. Pan
    Russians Who Invested in 'People's IPOs' See Their Savings Vanish By Philip P. Pan Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, December 12, 2008; A01 MOSCOW -- Anatoly Sisoyev always considered himself a patriot. As a child, he lost his father to an accident in the Soviet space program. As an adult, he served 30 years in the military, retiring at the rank of major. His son followed him into the army and was killed in Chechnya at the age of 18. Through it all, he said, his faith in the Russian government never waned. So when he heard radio ads two...