NOTES:

1. Interfax, February 29

2. Financial Times, March 1

3. Interfax, February 29; see also Monitor, February 28

4. Nezavisimaya gazeta, February 28

5. Interfax, February 29

6. Nezavisimaya gazeta, February 27

7. Russian TV, February 26; Nezavisimaya gazeta, February 27; Interfax, February 28 & 29

8. Reuter, February 29

9. Washington Post, February 29

10. Interfax, western agencies, February 28 and 29

11. Interfax, February 28

12. Interfax, February 28

13. Interfax, February 28

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