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 | | Instead, Savitskaya insisted, it was the epitome of arrogance from a politician she suspects used his position to gain access to a state treasure and lavished an unknown sum on the day's festivities, estimated by one observer to have cost in the region of $500,000. |
 | | Savitskaya, a former cosmonaut turned hard-line Communist deputy, asked the Duma's Culture Committee on Wednesday to investigate Gref's use of the Grand Palace at the Peterhof museum, once the summer residence of Peter the Great, for his wedding ceremony. |
 | | She said that Communist deputies had received a number of complaints from voters about the extravagance of the wedding, which came at a time as the government was moving to cut benefits. |
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