Word: alimzhan
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Somewhere, the ghost of Boris Badenov is snickering with malevolent glee. Rocky and Bullwinkle's cartoon nemesis must be grateful that Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov is carrying on the great tradition of Russian nogoodnik...
...ARRESTED. ALIMZHAN TOKHTAKHOUNOV, 53, Uzbekistan-born, high-profile Russian mobster who was suspected of rigging several beauty contests in Moscow during the early 1990s; for conspiring to fix skating matches in the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics; in Forte dei Marmi, Italy. Tokhtakhounov is accused of manipulating results in the ice dancing and pairs skating events so that gold medals would be awarded to the French and the Russian teams, respectively. If convicted he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine. SENTENCED. FIKRET (BABO) ABDIC, 63, once considered to be the richest...
...outraged the world - Oh, the shock of it! Dirty dealings in figure skating! Eventually, interest waned, until this week's exciting tidbit emerged: the Russian mob may have been behind the Olympic scandal from the start. So for resurrecting this tale of ignominy, our person of the week is Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov...
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