http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2467712,00.html
>Sunday March 9, 2003 11:10 PM
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>MOSCOW (AP) - The finance minister urged Russians not to shift their
>savings out of dollars Sunday, saying there is no need to worry about the
>U.S. currency falling dramatically despite recent declines.
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>Russia is the biggest dollar economy outside the United States, and by
>some estimates its citizens have tucked away as much as $40 billion in
>mattresses, closets and shoe boxes.