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We are not thinking about how to punish the owners [of privatized companies] and strip them of their property. Even if something is found to have been illegal in the privatization of an enterprise, a new auction will give the owner a right to pay the amount and keep the property.

How are the preparations for your meeting with [Russian Prime Minister] Mikhail Fradkov going? The [Russian] prosecutor general recently said that your criminal case is proceeding in a legal manner.

I am ready to go anywhere because I don't see anything in your prosecutor's statements but an outdated political provocation. I know that Russia's top leadership is not involved in this.

Board Games: What Are You Going to Do, Sue Me?

So you've been rocking the cigarette-pack-rolled-in-your-sleeve look since '72, but the company fails to inform you that it's no longer a cool style. What to do when you've been wronged? This is America, so just sue... in this game, that is.

New York Game Factory's So Sue Me! board game has been a hit at Urban Outfitters stores since the Philadelphia-based chain sold out its first supply late last year. (The game's also offered on Web sites like toysrus.com and the lawyer gift site forcounsel.com.) Each player starts with $3 million and obtains property to earn the right to sue. Did you doze off near an office shredder and wake up with a haircut? Sue for up to $2.6 million. Invent the air guitar? Take 'em for up to $3.6 million.