They are behind on extraction, which is why they are focusing on it now, belatedly.

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After three or four years of discussion of this fundamental reform, now that it comes to the crunch, there are a lot of bureaucratic interests that figure they don't quite like it.

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There is no question that he's in pole position, that he is being built up as the Number 1 successor. But at the same time there are several risks for him.

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Sergei Ivanov has the back-up role of someone who can be called upon if Medvedev 'blows up'.

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