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...Andrei Chikatilo, the Russian serial sex killer, was sentenced to death by shooting in the city of Rostov-on-Don, convicted of the brutal murders of 52 women and children during a 12-year rampage through southern Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The prosecution presented chilling evidence of how the quiet, bespectacled former schoolteacher smashed his victims' eardrums, gouged out their eyes and then feasted on their sexual organs. As the sentence was read out, the courtroom erupted in turmoil, with one mother yelling, "Give him to us! Let us have...
...Yeltsin's men say they have no desire to start a witch-hunt against specific party officials, including Gorbachev. "There are no victors and no vanquished," says Shakhrai. "People should be tried only for criminal actions, not because they were members of the party nomenklatura." Another team lawyer, Andrei Makarov, puts it more succinctly: "We do not want to turn these hearings into a political show...
...START arsenal of 154 land-based SS-18 missiles, each of which carries 10 warheads. Yeltsin demands as a quid pro quo that the U.S. dismantle its fleet of multiple-warhead Trident submarine-based missiles. After a final meeting with U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev reported "good progress" but added that "the rest will depend on our Presidents...
...Andrei Chikatilo -- identified only as "Ch" in the press until his trial began last week -- was arrested in November 1990 after one of the biggest manhunts in the Soviet Union's history. The suspect, 56, is a father and grandfather from Rostov-on-Don who worked as a teacher of literature before accusations that he molested a student led to his dismissal. He is charged with killing 53 young men and women in 12 years but has confessed to even more. The trial is expected to last several weeks or months; if convicted, Chikatilo is likely to get the death...
Secretary of State James A. Baker III and Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev also agreed on accelerated high-level talks toward an accord to sharply reduce their long-range nuclear arsenals, Kozyrev said...