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German Sterligov cuts wood outside his house in the village Nizhnevasilyevskoye, Russia, northwest of Moscow, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. The financial crisis has cost some Russian tycoons their fortunes, but one of Russia’s first multimillionaires says he hasn’t lost a kopek. That’s because German Sterligov, a onetime boy wonder of Russia’s young market economy, dropped out of the business world years ago and started raising sheep and other livestock on two farms outside Moscow. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)