Qatar LNG expansion: readiness, financing and the production test
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A Cautious Step Down: Bank of Russia Cuts Key Rate by 100 bps to 17%
Russia's central bank cut its key rate from 18% to 17% on September 12, 2025, choosing a cautious 100 bps step as inflation expectations remain high
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A Half-Point Reset: The Fed Opens Its First Rate-Cut Campaign in Four Years
On September 18, 2024, the Fed cut its rate 50 bps to 4.75%-5% - the first reduction since 2020 - and signalled about two more points of easing through 2026
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A River of Debt: How Russia's Record 7.2 Trillion Rouble OFZ Year Redrew the Bond Market
In 2025 Russia's Finance Ministry placed a record 7.18 trillion roubles of OFZ government bonds — 1.7 times the 2024 volume and 102.7% of the enlarged plan — as the easing cycle rotated dema
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A Thousand Jets Recounted: The Audit That Rewrote Russia's Civil Aviation Programme
In August 2024 Kommersant revealed that consultants auditing United Aircraft Corporation plants for the government found no economically justified demand for the ~1,000 airliners Russia's av
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AI Brings the Money Back to Stocks: Global Equity Funds Draw $44.1 Billion in a Week
Global equity funds drew $44.1 bn in a week — the biggest inflow since July, as AI bets and cheaper oil outweighed a 22-year high in US bond yields
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Back on Schedule: Russia Hands Over 11 Turbines in 2025–2026 as Power Machines Recovers From Sanctions Delays
Russia delivered 6 steam turbines in 2025 and 5 more in 2026; 4 more are due by year-end as Power Machines shipments return to the re-approved schedule
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Bank of Canada Holds Its Key Rate at 2.25% for a Seventh Time as Trade War and Oil Keep Inflation at 3%
The Bank of Canada left its overnight rate at 2.25% on September 2, 2026, a seventh straight hold, as 3% inflation and new U.S. tariffs cloud the outlook.
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Beats Without Cheers: Why Canada’s Big Six Bank Earnings Failed to Move Investors
Every Big Six bank beat second-quarter 2026 expectations, yet CIBC fell 5.3% and National Bank of Canada 4%: a deep dive into the valuation stretch at 16x expected earnings, volatile capital
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Below Target at Last: UK Inflation Falls to 1.7%, a Three-and-a-Half-Year Low Ahead of the Budget
UK CPI slowed to 1.7% in September 2024 - below the 2% target for the first time since April 2021 - putting a November Bank of England rate cut in sight
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Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $6.4 Billion in a Month as the Token Drops Below $60,000
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs bled $6.4 bln in 30 days — the heaviest monthly outflow since 2024 — as bitcoin slid below $60,000 to its lowest since October 2024
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Bitcoin Mining Stopped Paying: The 2026 Hash-Price Collapse and the Race to Turn Mines Into AI Data Centers
Rosenblatt's February 2026 note declared most bitcoin miners unprofitable as hash revenue slid under three cents per terahash-second and bitcoin fell 26% year to date. This deep dive examine
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CPO Breaks RM5,000: Falling Malaysian Stocks and Indonesia's B40 Mandate Reprice the Palm Oil Supply Chain
CPO futures passed RM5,000 a tonne for the first time since June 2022 as Malaysian stocks fell to 1.88 mt and Indonesia's B40 mandate looms over supply.
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Calm at 15: Why the Market's Fear Gauge Is Not Flashing Red — and Why That Is the Scary Part
With war in the Middle East, US$100 oil, 5% bond yields and a hiking Federal Reserve, the VIX sits near one-year lows around 15. Economist David Rosenberg reads the calm as complacency in a
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Carney’s Two-Front Gamble: Canada’s Trade Pivot Away From the U.S. — and the Limits of Defying Trump
After 50% U.S. tariffs on $28 billion of exports, Mark Carney is fighting on two fronts: retaliating ahead of the U.S. midterms while courting the EU, India and Mercosur. With two-thirds of
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Cherkizovo's H1 2025 Revenue Rises 9.8% to 136.9 Billion Rubles as Margins Narrow
Cherkizovo's H1 2025 revenue grew 9.8% to RUB 136.9bn on higher output and prices, while adjusted EBITDA fell to RUB 19.8bn and net profit slid to RUB 6.9bn
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China's 53% Problem: How Russia's Heavy-Truck Market Halved in 2025 and Handed the Wheel Back to KAMAZ
New heavy-truck sales in Russia fell 56% in January–November 2025 to 41,840 units as the scrappage fee, OTTS type-approval withdrawals, high credit rates and a ~50,000-unit dealer and leasin
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Consensus Cools: Analysts Cut Russia's 2025 Inflation Forecast to 6.3% and Growth to 0.9%
The Central Bank's December survey of 30 economists cut Russia's 2025 inflation forecast to 6.3% and GDP growth to 0.9%, with the key rate seen at 19.2%
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Deposits Cool Off: Three-Month Rates at Russia's Top-20 Banks Fall Below 17%
Three-month deposit rates at Russia's top-20 banks fell to 16.94%, a low since Sept 2024, as lenders front-ran the Bank of Russia's key-rate cut to 18%
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Digital Debt, Tokenized Walls: Inside Russia's 1.1-Trillion-Ruble DFA Market and Its Real-Estate Ceiling
By the end of 2025 Russia's digital financial asset (DFA) market had become an issuance machine approaching 1.1 trillion rubles a year, with more than 335,000 participants — yet 97 percent o
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Dollar Leaves the Exchange: Moscow Bourse Halts USD and EUR Trading After U.S. Sanctions
US blocking sanctions hit Moscow Exchange, NCC and NSD on June 12, 2024: dollar and euro trading left the exchange on June 13, CBR prices rates from OTC data
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EBRD Cuts Its 2026 Growth Forecast to 2.5% as Iraq Slides Into a Deep Recession
The EBRD cut its 2026 growth forecast for its regions by 0.6 pp to 2.5% on Iraq's deep recession and tighter finance; 2027 is still seen rebounding to 4%
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FT: Ruble Stablecoin A7A5 Moved $6 Billion in Transactions After US Sanctions
At least $6 bln moved through ruble stablecoin A7A5 in two months; after US sanctions 80% of tokens were burned and reissued, and it gained DFA status
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Factoring's Anomalous Year: How Russia's B2B Receivables Market Nearly Tripled Its Income in 2024
Income of Russian factoring companies reached a record 265 billion rubles in nine months of 2024 — 2.7 times the year-earlier figure — while the market portfolio grew 53% to 2.73 trillion ru
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Four Futures to 2029: Inside the Bank of Russia's Scenario Map for Rates, Inflation and Growth
The Bank of Russia's draft monetary policy guidelines for 2027–2029 set out four futures for the economy — from a supply-led boom to an AI-triggered global crisis. Economists say the gap bet
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France's €3.3 Trillion Reckoning: Bond Vigilantes, the Fall of the Bayrou Government and Europe's Fiscal Test
On September 8, 2025 France's National Assembly toppled François Bayrou's government over a €43.8 billion austerity plan meant to bend the deficit from 5.4% of GDP toward 4.6%. This deep div
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From Negotiation to Transaction: How Russia's B2B Marketplaces Grew to 2 Trillion Rubles Ahead of the Platform Law
Russia's digital platforms turned over 18.3 trillion rubles in 2025 — 8.5% of GDP after a sixfold rise in four years — and the B2B/B2G online segment inside them hit 2 trillion rubles, headi
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From Plateau to Ten Tonnes: Inside GV Gold's Growth Playbook as Record Prices Rewrite Mine Economics
GV Gold's CEO Sergei Gostev told Interfax how the miner plans to move from a three-year plateau of 7.5 tonnes to about 10 tonnes of gold in 2026, why the 100-tonne Krasny project will wait f
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Geely's Capacity Purge: Why China's Reigning Sales Champion Plans to Close, Merge and Sell Its Own Plants
At the June 2026 Chongqing Auto Show, Geely Auto chairman Li Shufu pledged to purge excess capacity through an asset restructuring — assessing oversupply across all units and closing, suspen
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Glorax Raises RUB 2.1 Billion in the First Moscow Exchange IPO of 2025
Developer Glorax raised RUB 2.1 bn in the first Moscow Exchange IPO of 2025: 64 roubles a share, an oversubscribed book and a buyback offer at +19.5%
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Hainan's Separate Customs Regime: Inside China's Largest Free-Trade Port Gamble
On December 18, 2025, Hainan switched on a separate customs regime that places the entire island province outside China's tariff wall for overseas goods. A deep dive into the two-line custom
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Hertz Turns Back: 20,000 EVs Leave the US Fleet as Gasoline Cars Return
Hertz will sell about 20,000 EVs - a third of its US electric fleet - and reinvest in gas cars, booking a ~$245M depreciation charge, it said Jan 11, 2024
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India's Growth Gears Shift Down: Inside the 2024 Consumption Squeeze and the RBI's December Dilemma
India's GDP grew just 5.4% in July–September 2024, a seven-quarter low below the Reserve Bank of India's own projection. This deep dive traces the slowdown to contracting real urban wages, t
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Indonesia Opens World's Largest Single-Line Copper Smelter as Freeport's Rp56 Trillion Gresik Plant Starts Up
Indonesia opened PT Freeport's Rp56T (~$3.7B) copper smelter in Gresik — the largest single-line design worldwide — plus an Amman Mineral plant, in one day.
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Indonesia Tells Furniture Exporters to Look Beyond the US Market
At IFFINA+ 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia urged furniture exporters to diversify beyond the US, which takes ~60% of shipments; 2025 exports hit $2.39B
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Infosys Trims FY27 Revenue Guidance to 1.5–3% as Q1 Net Profit Rises 12.2% to ₹7,769 Crore
Infosys' Q1 FY27 net profit rose 12.2% to ₹7,769 crore on 14% revenue growth, but the company trimmed FY27 constant-currency guidance to 1.5–3%.
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Japan's ¥1 Trillion Shipbuilding Gamble: Why Money Alone Can't Reclaim the Sea From China
Japan has committed up to ¥1 trillion (US$6.3 billion) to revive a shipbuilding industry that has slid to roughly 13 per cent of global output — about half its share at the turn of the decad
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Lemana PRO Names Denis Isayev CEO as the DIY Chain Works to Stay Intact Under Temporary Management
Denis Isayev became CEO of Le Monlid LLC (Lemana PRO, ex-Leroy Merlin) on Sept 22, 2026, replacing Laurent Defassieu amid the transfer to L.E.V. Management.
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Long Money for a Long Game: How Russia's Pension Funds Bet on the Savings Programme in 2026
Russia's Long-Term Savings Programme has reached 12.1 million contracts and 938 billion rubles, and non-state pension funds now bet on maternity capital transfers, employer co-financing and
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Moscow Exchange Says It Will Be Ready for Crypto Trading by Early December
MOEX targets Dec 1, 2026 for crypto spot trading in quasi-dollars and rubles under unified clearing; perpetual futures on five crypto indices start Sep 22
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Mt. Gox Starts Repaying Bitcoin a Decade After Collapse: Creditors Begin Receiving $9 Billion
Mt. Gox has begun repaying creditors in bitcoin and bitcoin cash — about $9 billion, a decade after the Tokyo exchange collapsed and 950,000 coins vanished
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Nornickel Cuts Q3 Nickel Output 4% and Copper 7%, Reaffirms Adjusted 2025 Guidance
Nornickel's Q3 2025 nickel output fell 4% to 53,550 t and copper slipped 7% to 100,100 t as the miner reaffirmed its mid-year adjusted 2025 guidance
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Not to Basel, but to Voronezh: How Russia Is Rewriting the Capital Rulebook for Its Banks
Sanctions pushed the Bank of Russia off the Basel path and onto its own. In an exclusive Interfax interview, regulation director Alexander Danilov outlines the rebuild: a 30% cap on immobili
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O'Key Group Hands Its Hypermarket Chain to Management in a Near-Cashless Deal
O'Key Group's board approved selling its 77-store hypermarket chain in Russia to a management-owned vehicle; the cashless deal carries RUB 46bn of debt
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Only What Is Permitted: Inside Russia's 2026 Digital-Currency Law and the Walled-Off Crypto Market It Creates
Russia's law "On Digital Currency and Digital Rights", in force since September 1, 2026, turns lawful-by-default crypto ownership into lawful-by-permission: licensed intermediaries, deposita
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Planet BRICS: How the 2024 Enlargement Rewired the Bloc's Economics — and Drew a Dollar Ultimatum
In 2024 BRICS nearly doubled as Egypt, Iran, the UAE and Ethiopia joined, the Kazan summit agreed a partner-country track, and the enlarged bloc reached 28.1% of world GDP, 43% of oil output
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Port Klang Sets a Record 15.1 Million TEUs in 2025, Holds No. 10 Spot Among the World's Busiest Container Ports
Malaysia's Port Klang handled a record 15.1 million TEUs in 2025, up 3.4%, holding the world's No. 10 spot as transhipment drove about 55% of volume.
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RZD Container Traffic Rises 4.6% to 5.26 Million TEU in Eight Months as the Network Targets a Record Year
Russian Railways moved 5.26 million TEU in January-August 2026, up 4.6% year on year, and targets 8 million TEU for a record after the 2025 decline.
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RZD changes return fees for tickets purchased from December
RZD changes return fees for tickets purchased from December
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Retail Media Land Grab: T-Bank, Avito and Wildberries Build Ad Platforms as the Segment Heads to 285 Billion Rubles
T-Bank and Avito launch ad platforms as the online retail media segment in Russia is set to grow from 163.5bn to about 285bn rubles in 2024.
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Ripple and the SEC End Their Four-Year XRP Case: $50 Million Fine Stands, the Rest Returns From Escrow
Ripple pays $50 million of its $125 million SEC fine, the rest returns from escrow, and both sides drop appeals to end the four-year XRP case
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Rusagro's Q3 Net Profit Drops 37% to 15.9 Billion Rubles as Sugar and Crops Weigh
Rusagro's Q3 2024 IFRS net profit fell 37% to 15.9 bln rubles and adjusted EBITDA slid 29%, yet oils and fats kept revenue growing 6% to 76.2 bln rubles
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Russia Adopts Its Three-Year Budget: 40.3 Trillion Roubles of Revenue in 2025 as Oil's Share Is Set to Shrink
Russia's State Duma adopted the 2025-2027 federal budget: 40.3 trn roubles of revenue in 2025, a 0.5% GDP deficit and oil's share falling to 3.9% by 2027.
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Russia Lifts 2026 GDP Growth Forecast to 0.6% and Keeps Path to 2.4% by 2029
Russia lifts its 2026 GDP growth forecast to 0.6% from 0.4% and keeps a reacceleration path to 2.4% by 2029, with inflation seen back at 4% in 2027
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Russia's 2024 Tax Reform Explained: 25% Profit Tax, Five-Tier Income Scale and VAT for the Simplified Regime
In July 2024 Russia passed its biggest tax overhaul in two decades: from January 1, 2025 the corporate profit tax rises from 20% to 25%, personal income tax becomes a five-tier progressive s
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Russia's Annual Inflation Accelerates to 6.33% in August Despite Monthly Deflation
Rosstat: Russia's annual inflation accelerated to 6.33% in August 2026 from 5.98% in July despite 0.08% monthly deflation; gasoline is up 24.6% year to date
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Russia's Average Hotel Night Falls 9% This Summer as Tourist Flows Shift From the South to Growing Regions
Russia's average hotel night fell 9% in summer 2025, to 10,949 rubles, as Krasnodar Krai demand cooled while Crimea (+42%) and 12 more regions grew, RST says
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Russia's Business Travel Bookings Rise More Than 50% in 2024 as Companies Chase New Markets
Russia's business-travel bookings rose over 50% in 2024; foreign trips hit 18% of demand, led by China and the UAE, and 2025 travel may add 15–20%
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Russia's Chip Gap: How Element Plans to Close the 80% Import Hole in Microelectronics
In an exclusive Interfax interview, Element president Ilya Ivantsov maps Russia's microelectronics gap: a 289-billion-ruble market where domestic chips cover only 20% of demand, a 92-billion
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Russia's Consumer Engine at a Turning Point: How Household Spending Drove 2025 Growth and Why It Is Cooling
In 2025 Russia's economy grew by just 1%, and household consumption — contributing 1.7 of that single percentage point while investment and net trade subtracted — was almost the only engine
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Russia's First Crypto Mining Rulebook: Registries, Bans and the Grey Zone
In April 2024 Russian deputies tabled a compromise bill that would legalise cryptocurrency mining through a state registry while banning the organisation of crypto circulation, exchange serv
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Russia's Industrial Land Rush: How SEZs and Industrial Parks Redrew the Regional Investment Map
The Expert Analytical Center's eighth annual ranking of industrial parks and special economic zones maps 144 investment sites across 54 Russian regions: growth of new sites slowed to 7% a ye
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Russia's Regions Spent Ahead of Their Income: Anatomy of the First Interim Budget Deficit Since 2013
Seven months into 2025, Russia's regional budgets closed with an aggregate 0.2 trillion rouble deficit — the first interim shortfall since 2013. A deep dive on ACRA's Treasury-data analysis:
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Russia's Steel Crisis: Domestic Demand at a Fifteen-Year Low and a Recovery Deferred to 2027
Domestic steel consumption in Russia fell 14% in 2025 to 38.9 million tonnes, a fifteen-year low. Debt grew faster than investment, exports stayed walled off by sanctions and Chinese dumping
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Russia's Timber Industry Braces for a Perfect Storm: an 18% Rate, a Strong Ruble and the Squeeze on Exporters
First-half output still grows, but Russia's export-oriented timber complex calls conditions near-crisis: an 18% key rate, a strong ruble, falling packaging demand and a single Asian market s
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Sberbank Eyes a Second Straight Record: Trillion-Rouble H1 Profit and a 50% Dividend Pledge
Sberbank's H1 2026 IFRS profit rose 18.6% to 1.019 trln roubles; Gref pledged record 2026 dividends at a 50% payout after the 850.2 bln rouble 2025 record
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Slower but Real: Russian Wages Add 5.1% in June as First-Half Growth Cools to 4.1%
Rosstat: real wages in Russia rose 5.1% y/y in June 2025, a spring high; the H1 gain of 4.1% trails 2024's 9.7% as nominal pay reaches 103,183 roubles
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South Korea Wins US$34 Billion of Overseas Plant Construction Deals in 2024, Highest in Nearly a Decade
South Korean contractors won US$34 bln of overseas plant deals in 2024, up 12.7% and the highest in nearly a decade, with the Middle East at 46% of the total.
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