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...election campaign "to rub out the terrorists on the john," remarks that preceded a brutal crackdown in Chechnya in which an untold number of Chechens and at least 6,000 Russian soldiers died. Shortly before his death, Shchek-ochikhin, the 53-year-old Deputy Chair of the State Duma's Security Committee and an outspoken opponent of the war in Chechnya, warned against just such a response: "Putin seeks to answer the mounting wave of Palestinian-type bombing terror with more terror of his own," he said. "But it will only pour more oil onto the growing fire." Even before...
...arrested on fraud charges in connection with the privatization of a fertilizer plant in 1994. Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man, was questioned in connection with the Lebedev case, but many believe his problems are political, not criminal. He is helping fund opposition parties in the December elections for the Duma, or lower house of parliament. This has broken an unwritten rule in Russia: oligarchs are either pro-Kremlin or rigorously apolitical. President Vladimir Putin has in the past crushed businessmen who crossed him. This time, though, he may be attacking one of the world's largest oil companies. And that...
...life term. An outspoken, right-wing gay man who wanted to restrict immigration, Fortuyn has in death become an icon of modern Dutch life. Van der Graaf, who admitted shooting Fortuyn last May, might only serve 12 years. Political Crime Wave RUSSIA Sergei Yushenkov, a leading liberal Duma Deputy and critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot to death as he was entering his Moscow apartment block, hours after registering his Liberal Russia Party to compete in December's parliamentary elections. Yushenkov's colleagues accused the government of inaction in the face of a wave of politically motivated crime...
...join the E.U. in 2004. KGB Redux? RUSSIA President Vladimir Putin reshuffled Russia's security forces, bringing together many of the functions of the former KGB under the auspices of its present-day successor, the Federal Security Service (FSB). The move strengthens Putin's position in advance of forthcoming Duma and presidential elections, by tightening his control over internal security. Putin is a former officer of the KGB, which was broken up in 1991. Shaky Peace IVORY COAST Sixteen of the 41 members of the new cabinet stayed away from its first meeting, dashing hopes that the installation...
...made a name for himself among Russia's business and political élite. Jordan made NTV behave for a while, and the sale of 49% of the company to Evrofinans bank put the network on a firmer financial footing. Still, says Yuri Shchekochikhin, deputy chair of the State Duma's Security Committee, "Putin realized that under Jordan, NTV oriented itself to the Union of Right Forces (URF)," the President's likely opponents in next year's elections. According to Shchekochikhin, Putin feared that an unrestrained NTV could hurt his chances, especially after NTV's coverage of the Moscow theater siege...