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In the following 2 decks use the Russian Style pattern was used for political reasons. The decks were published by Commersant, a publishing house of political and economical newspapers and magazines, in 2003. In this first deck the heads have been replaced by photo's of American politicians from the George Bush Jr. administration and it was done in a very convincing way. Bush senior is on the Ace of Hearts. The pips also have small pictures with a short description. Both decks consist of 36 cards, a very common number of cards for Russian decks.

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