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What do typical village residents hope for?

Published: 02 March, 2008, 06:50

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Things move slowly in the village of Klishino, in Russia's Moscow region. Most residents live in wooden houses, there's virtually no public transport and conversations are more likely to focus on the grandkids than goings on at the Kremlin. But that doesn

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