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Russia's Crackdown on Yukos Disrupts National Economy

NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to Michael McFaul, Russia expert at the Hoover Institution, about the Russian government's plans to make the nation's number-one oil producer, Yukos, pay millions in back taxes. The Russian government has frozen Yukos' assets, a move that has disrupted the national economy.

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