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To: Real Man who wrote (88303)7/24/2002 8:26:06 PM
From: Real Man  Respond to of 116756
 
What's 70 billion between friends?

Hmm... I guess, Fort Knox reserves?

nytimes.com



Russians Nervous About Dollar's Slide

Exchange booths and banks are being swamped with questions, and government officials this week have been seeking to reassure a population still jittery after watching their own currency plummet in 1998.

``The dollar is the currency of choice in Russia, so for very many people this is worrying,'' said Oleg Kuznetsov, chief analyst at the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange. ``I wouldn't say that people see a crisis ahead, but they are anxious.''