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    Yes, it is complicated.
    If "если бы" is used in the first clause then particle "бы" must be repeated in the conditional subordinate:
    Если бы я знал, что ты хочешь, чтобы я купил тебе это, я бы купил.

    (BTW as you can see there are 4 clauses in Russian in the sentence. Construction "you want me to do" also requires subordinate clause.)

    Optionally "то" can be used to connect clauses (если ..., то...):
    Если бы я знал, что ты хочешь, чтобы я купил тебе это, то я бы купил.

    Also you can skip all the intermediate subordinates and nothing will change:
    Если бы я знал, я бы купил.
    Если бы я знал, то я бы купил.
    "Россия для русских" - это неправильно. Остальные-то чем лучше?

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    I noticed that хочешь is in present tense while купил is in the past. Is this correct? In English, 'to want' would be past tense 'wanted' and 'to buy' would retain its infinitive form. Any Russian grammatical rule I'm missing with this?

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