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The St. Petersburgs Time: New Harry Potter Book Hits RuNet

"The official Russian translation of ' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,' the latest installment in the popular series, will not be released until December, but impatient fans needed only to go online to start reading the book two days after its release in the West last week."

"Russian readers were able to devour an unauthorized translation of the 672-page book’s first chapter for free on certain web sites as early as July 18. Three more chapters followed the next day on one of the sites."

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