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...former KGB general, now a dissenting opposition politician himself, came to pay homage to Politkovskaya, because he has long admired her courage and honesty in untangling abuses in Chechnya and corruption in high places in Moscow, which the general believes are detrimental to Russia...
...former KGB general offered this dark response: "People got jailed then, but didn't get killed. Now, it's getting worse...
...serious blow last February when its key leader, Altynbek Sarsenbayev - who had been Nazarbayev's Information Minister, secretary of the Security Council, and ambassador to Moscow - and two associates were murdered by a group of officers belonging to the National Security Committee (KNB), heir to the Soviet-era KGB. Late last month, a court found Yerzhan Utembayev, the former Senate chief of staff, guilty of putting out the contract on Sarsenbayev "for reasons of personal enmity," and sentenced him to 20 years. Nine others received sentences ranging from three years to life for complicity in the murder...
...serious blow last February when its key leader, Altynbek Sarsenbayev - who had been Nazarbayev's Information Minister, secretary of the Security Council, and ambassador to Moscow - and two associates were murdered by a group of officers belonging to the National Security Committee (knb), heir to the Soviet-era kgb. Late last month, a court found Yerzhan Utembayev, the former Senate chief of staff, guilty of putting out the contract on Sarsenbayev "for reasons of personal enmity," and sentenced him to 20 years. Nine others received sentences ranging from three years to life for complicity in the murder. Hoping to slowly...
...There existed another, real task force," explains Elena Milashina, Novaya Gazeta's investigative reporter, who did brilliant work on unraveling Beslan. "[It] was headed by the FSB [the heir to the KGB] from Moscow that had been preparing an assault right from the outset. Having the hostages released through negotiations did not meet their agenda, as set by the Kremlin...