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 * **Roman Reiss** ([@silverwind](https://github.com/silverwind)) <me@silverwind.io>
 * **Petka Antonov** ([@petkaantonov](https://github.com/petkaantonov)) <petka_antonov@hotmail.com>
 * **Yosuke Furukawa** ([@yosuke-furukawa](https://github.com/yosuke-furukawa)) <yosuke.furukawa@gmail.com>
+* **Alex Kocharin** ([@rlidwka](https://github.com/rlidwka)) <alex@kocharin.ru>
 
 Collaborators follow the [COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md](./COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md) in
 maintaining the io.js project.