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&lt;p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;CTC-Novosibirsk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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9.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;INVESTMENTS IN EQUITY INVESTEES
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