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09-14-2006, 07:12 PM
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A glance at killings and attempted killings of prominent figures in Russia
The Associated Press, Published: September 14, 2006
MOSCOW Killings and attacks on officials, political and business figures in Russia:
_ Sept. 14, 2006: Andrei Kozlov, the first deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank, dies in a hospital hours after being shot by unidentified gunmen outside a sports arena in Moscow.
_ April 10, 2005: Col-Gen. Anatoly Trofimov, a former deputy chief of the Federal Security Service under President Boris Yeltsin, shot dead from a passing car in Moscow. The killing unsolved.
_ March 17, 2005: Anatoly Chubais, head of state-controlled electricity monopoly and architect of controversial post-Soviet privatization in the early 1990s, survives explosion near his car and gun attack.
_ July 9, 2004: Paul Klebnikov, American of Russian descent who was the editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, shot dead in Moscow. Russian prosecutors said the killing was carried out by two ethnic Chechens on behalf of a Chechen rebel figure who was the subject of a book by Klebnikov, but a jury trial acquitted them. Investigation continues.
_ July 3, 2003: Yuri Shchekochikin, liberal lawmaker, journalist who had investigated security issues, dies from what is widely believed to be deliberate poisoning. Never acknowledged as murder.
_ June 6, 2003: Igor Klimov, acting director of the Almaz-Antei consortium producing air defense weapons, shot dead outside his apartment building. Two suspects arrested.
_ April 17, 2003: Sergei Yushenkov, prominent liberal politician, is shot dead in Moscow. Members of Yushenkov's Liberal Russia party convicted of killing in what prosecutors say was party money dispute. Self-exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky, who helped organize the party, accuses authorities of organizing the killing. They deny it.
_ Oct. 18, 2002: Valentin Tsvetkov, governor of gold-rich Magadan region, shot dead in Moscow. Some believe killing linked to dispute over region's natural wealth. Suspects arrested, but no one convicted yet.
_ Nov. 20, 1998: Galina Starovoitova, prominent liberal lawmaker, shot dead in the stairwell of apartment building in St. Petersburg. Two men convicted in the killing.
_ Nov. 3, 1996: Paul Tatum, U.S. businessman who co-owned one of Moscow's most prestigious hotels, shot dead with a submachine gun at Moscow subway underpass. Tatum in long-running dispute with Russian partners over control of hotel. Case unsolved.
_ March 1, 1995. Vladislav Listyev, popular TV host and director of Russian TV station, shot dead outside his Moscow home. Slaying attributed to dispute over millions of dollars in TV advertising revenues. Case unsolved.
_ Oct. 17, 1994, Dmitry Kholodov, reporter who investigated military corruption, dies when a briefcase he picked up at a Moscow train station after an anonymous call blows up in his office. Six men charged, including four former members of an elite paratroop unit, acquitted. His parents pledged to take the case to European Court of Human Rights.
A glance at killings and attempted killings of prominent figures in Russia
The Associated Press, Published: September 14, 2006
MOSCOW Killings and attacks on officials, political and business figures in Russia:
_ Sept. 14, 2006: Andrei Kozlov, the first deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank, dies in a hospital hours after being shot by unidentified gunmen outside a sports arena in Moscow.
_ April 10, 2005: Col-Gen. Anatoly Trofimov, a former deputy chief of the Federal Security Service under President Boris Yeltsin, shot dead from a passing car in Moscow. The killing unsolved.
_ March 17, 2005: Anatoly Chubais, head of state-controlled electricity monopoly and architect of controversial post-Soviet privatization in the early 1990s, survives explosion near his car and gun attack.
_ July 9, 2004: Paul Klebnikov, American of Russian descent who was the editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, shot dead in Moscow. Russian prosecutors said the killing was carried out by two ethnic Chechens on behalf of a Chechen rebel figure who was the subject of a book by Klebnikov, but a jury trial acquitted them. Investigation continues.
_ July 3, 2003: Yuri Shchekochikin, liberal lawmaker, journalist who had investigated security issues, dies from what is widely believed to be deliberate poisoning. Never acknowledged as murder.
_ June 6, 2003: Igor Klimov, acting director of the Almaz-Antei consortium producing air defense weapons, shot dead outside his apartment building. Two suspects arrested.
_ April 17, 2003: Sergei Yushenkov, prominent liberal politician, is shot dead in Moscow. Members of Yushenkov's Liberal Russia party convicted of killing in what prosecutors say was party money dispute. Self-exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky, who helped organize the party, accuses authorities of organizing the killing. They deny it.
_ Oct. 18, 2002: Valentin Tsvetkov, governor of gold-rich Magadan region, shot dead in Moscow. Some believe killing linked to dispute over region's natural wealth. Suspects arrested, but no one convicted yet.
_ Nov. 20, 1998: Galina Starovoitova, prominent liberal lawmaker, shot dead in the stairwell of apartment building in St. Petersburg. Two men convicted in the killing.
_ Nov. 3, 1996: Paul Tatum, U.S. businessman who co-owned one of Moscow's most prestigious hotels, shot dead with a submachine gun at Moscow subway underpass. Tatum in long-running dispute with Russian partners over control of hotel. Case unsolved.
_ March 1, 1995. Vladislav Listyev, popular TV host and director of Russian TV station, shot dead outside his Moscow home. Slaying attributed to dispute over millions of dollars in TV advertising revenues. Case unsolved.
_ Oct. 17, 1994, Dmitry Kholodov, reporter who investigated military corruption, dies when a briefcase he picked up at a Moscow train station after an anonymous call blows up in his office. Six men charged, including four former members of an elite paratroop unit, acquitted. His parents pledged to take the case to European Court of Human Rights.