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#9 - JRL 8088 - JRL Home
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004
From: Edward Lozansky (Lozansky@aol.com)
Subject: Correction re World Russian Forum

David,

If possible I'd like to make a few corrections to JRL 8083 item on World Russian Forum. Gref did not speak at the past World Russian Forum, it was his first deputy Dmitriyev. What I said at the news conference in Moscow was that Gref usually comes to the Harvard Russian Investment Symposium but since it looks like this Symposium is no longer in operation I was hoping that Gref will come to our April Forum in Washington instead.

Also, it was not I who invited Boris Gryzlov to the Republican convention in 2000 but Congressman Curt Weldon. Also Gryzlov did talk about identical ideologies of US Republicans and his party but at that time it was "Unity - Medved" not "United Russia" which was formed in 2001 after merging with "Homeland".

I think these corrections are important to keep the record straight.

Thank you.

Edward Lozansky
World Russian Forum coordinator.