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When the state-friendly Russian oil company Surgutneftegas held its annual shareholders meeting in the Siberian city of Surgut two years ago, the proceedings in the shabby auditorium started off as tightly scripted as a Politburo meeting. That is, until the moderator called for questions and Alexei Navalny took the stage. In front of some 300 stunned shareholders, Navalny, who owned about $2,000 worth of stock in the company, grilled senior management for several minutes about the company's minuscule dividends and opaque ownership. When he finished, there was a brief silence and then an unexpected burst of applause...
Despite losing the top doubles match, 8-3, the Crimson was able to earn the doubles point as sophomore Alistair Felton and Nguyen teamed up to win, 8-5, at No. 2, and junior Alexei Chijoff-Evans and freshman Joshua Tchan held on for an 8-6 victory at the No. 3 doubles spot...
...Alexei was in a little trouble in the second set—he really had to nail it down and dig deep to win,” Fish said...
...felt the team had a good showing this weekend,” junior Alexei Chijoff-Evans said. “Everybody fought and played hard, but luck just wasn’t on our side...
...Going in, we had a fire burning,” said junior No. 1 Alexei Chijoff-Evans. “We really wanted to beat these guys, and it didn’t culminate in nervousness—it culminated in really impressive fight. I’m really pumped about what happened today...