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Mostovshchikov, “FSK khorosho platit ofitseram, zaverbovannym dlya tainoy pomoshchi chechenskoy oppozitsii,” Izvestia, January 21, 1995.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Mostovshchikov, “FSK khorosho platit ofitseram, zaverbovannym dlya tainoy pomoshchi chechenskoy oppozitsii,” Izvestia, January 21, 1995.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Mostovshchikov, “FSK khorosho platit ofitseram, zaverbovannym dlya tainoy pomoshchi chechenskoy oppozitsii,” Izvestia, January 21, 1995.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Mostovshchikov, “FSK khorosho platit ofitseram, zaverbovannym dlya tainoy pomoshchi chechenskoy oppozitsii,” Izvestia, January 21, 1995.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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An astonishing number of the most important words in the novel are made up of permutations of the letters P, L and T. Clothes are platye and a coat is tulup or pal'to; a crowd is tolpa, a noose is petlya, a handkerchief (Pugachov waves a white handkerchief as a signal for his executioners to hang someone) is platok, and a raft (at one point Pyotr encounters a gallows on a raft) is plot; to pay is platit 'and a half-rouble coin
openDemocracy 2010
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An astonishing number of the most important words in the novel are made up of permutations of the letters P, L and T. Clothes are platye and a coat is tulup or pal'to; a crowd is tolpa, a noose is petlya, a handkerchief (Pugachov waves a white handkerchief as a signal for his executioners to hang someone) is platok, and a raft (at one point Pyotr encounters a gallows on a raft) is plot; to pay is platit 'and a half-rouble coin
openDemocracy Robert Chandler 2010
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