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News July 3, 2008, 23:50

Abramovich quits as Governor

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has quit as governor of the Chukotka region in Russia's Far East. He was governor for eight years and put his own money towards raising living standards in what had been one of Russia's poorest regions.