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Platinum-group elements

“…In 1824, placer platinum deposits were discovered on the Orulikha River, north of the Nizhny Tagil Massif in the central Ural Mountains (Urals) of Russia (table N3; fig. N16; Duparc and Tikonowitch, 1920;Pushkarev, 2001). From then until 1922, approximately 330 metric tons of metal was recovered from placer deposits in the Urals.…”

Federalism under Putin

“…The study also revealed that 92 per cent of municipal charters and 48 of the 67 agreements signed between federal agencies and regional executive branch agencies in the federal district also violated federal laws. 54 Within the Urals Federal District, the governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Rossel, has been particularly defiant. An analysis of 157 regional laws in his region uncovered federal violations in eighty one.…”