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Russian bailout Russian industrial entrepreneur Roman Abramovich, one of his country's richest men (he is worth $5.5 billion), is considering an investment to kick-start the stalled Russian Grand Prix project. A major stockholder in Aeroflot, the national airline, and Sibneft, the world's fourth-largest oil company, 36-year-old Abramovich is a member of the Russian parliament and a close associate of Vladimir Putin.

The Russian president's favored venue for an F1 race-following the failure of the project in Moscow-is the projected Pulkovoring road circuit near St. Petersburg. ...

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