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Russian casino prohibition can cause damage to employment
 June 30, 2009, 7:59 am (2 years ago)The online gambling media might have been going after the topic for months, but the harsh Russian prohibition on casinos in main cities has presently grabbed the attention of the mainstream media in America, with the New York Times posting a key story throughout the weekend.
Summarizing the events, in 2006 Russian dictatorial Vladimir Putin came to the conclusion that gambling in Russian ought to be limited only to 4 remote geographical regions: the Altai region of Siberia; the coastal region of the Far East, near the border with North Korea and China; Kaliningrad, a Russian commune between Poland and Lithuania; and the Azov Sea region in the south.
Existing casinos and slots parlors in main cities including Moscow and St Petersburg were advised that the prohibition would be active on July 1st 2009, though some believed that the government would activate the regulation through in the long run.
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