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I have a question – what form of contact do you need (short-long)? Can we spend this money in Russia (for Russian authors/translators etc. so it may stay in your sub-account? You will be than:
1. Official co-sponsors and will be part of the editorial board
2. You have a say about the authors
3. You may participate in the book as authors or co-authors (as most of the chapters will be co-authored by Russian-Western team of authors)
4. The timing is important – if you are so kind to help we shall finalize it by mid-July as we are going to start in July.

Заранее спасибо