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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | более чем в два раза больше | more than double (more than double analysts' expectations Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | более чем в два раза больше, чем | more than twice as many (Moscow now boasts more than twice as many inhabitants as St. Petersburg, the country's second-largest city with 4.7 million, and almost eight times more than Novosibirsk, which ranks third with 1.4 million, according to statistics released last week on the web site for the census. TMT Alexander Demidov) |