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The burly 31-year-old said that as a debt collector in the Russian city of Kaluga he encouraged payment in a number of ways without resorting to violence. He spray-painted threats on walls near people's homes, called their neighbors and employers, scratched their cars, injected glue in their door locks and posted their phone numbers on prostitutes' websites.

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