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- ↑ "Amparo Muñoz muere a los 56 años". El Periódico de Catalunya . EFE. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- 1 2 Wirtavuori, Sanna (2021), Anne Pohtamon ja Arto Hietasen rakkaus roihahti uudestaan: "Arto ei olisi kestänyt toista eroa" [Anne Pohtamo and Arto Hietanen's love flared again: "Arto would not have endured another breakup"] (in Finnish), Eeva., retrieved 13 March 2023
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- ↑ Veronica Shenshin (Aleksanteri Institute): VENÄLÄISET JA VENÄLÄINEN KULTTUURI SUOMESSA Archived 20 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) (in Finnish)
