Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers.
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I am running not for entrance to the parliament deputies' dining room or to the Cabinet, but for the right of every resident of Russia to say publicly the current Kremlin regime has exhausted itself and its days are trickling away,
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In our common struggle, I rely heavily on the vibrant energy, talent and courage of people across the length of the country, but for my words to be heard all over Russia and all over the world, I need to run in Moscow,
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Unfortunately, for reasons that you well know, I don't have an opportunity to congratulate you in person.
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