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in Davos that Chubais and Nemtsov would remain at their posts for the foreseeable future. The president in Moscow defined that term, saying his young reformers would stay in the cabinet to the year 2000, adding, "I will push aside all those who are attacking them. I will not allow anyone to touch them." But he did nothing to restore the authority he had stripped from them in January. And a cabinet shuffle is still anticipated after the state-of-the-nation speech later this month.