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Russian execs fear lasting damage from plane crash

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July 25, 2014 5:02 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with Lyudmila Narusova, right, widow of former St. Petersburg mayor Anatoly Sobchak, and Sobchak's daughter Ksenia, as he visited the grave of Anatoly Sobchak at a cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia. Ksenia Sobchak, the 30-year-old blond socialite and TV personality said âIâm Ksenia Sobchak, and Iâve got something to lose. But Iâm here.â when she began her unlikely foray into political activism by taking the stage at a huge anti-Putin rally in December. Once considered untouchable because of her familyâs close personal ties to President Vladimir Putin, Sobchak has since found that she does indeed have something to lose, as her apartment has been raided by police and she has been called in for interrogation. It has been a quick change of fortune for Russiaâs It Girl, who like many Russians of her generation experienced a civic awakening after many years of political passivity. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service, file)

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Russian It Girl’s path from parties to protests

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June 14, 2012 4:30 pm