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- 1 2 Who is Genc Ruli, one of the founders of PD(sq)
- ↑ Jeffries, Ian (1996). A Guide to the Economies in Transition. London: Routledge. p. 380. ISBN 0-415-13684-9.
- ↑ When Berisha tried to put Genc Ruli in jail for the gold wood scandal in '95, as Protected By The Sandy Majko (sq)
- ↑ Artan Hoxha’s profile
- ↑ Biographical datafrom the Albanian government
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