FOR RELEASE WITH FEATURE BC-LIFE-RUSSIA-CRISIS - FILE PHOTO 11DEC96 - A man receives leech therapy in a specialised clinic in the town of Lyubertsy, just outside Moscow. For most people they are black, slimy bloodsuckers, but for the village of Rodniki just outside Moscow leeches have become a way of surviving financial turmoil that has driven millions of Russians to despair.

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