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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: goldworldnet who wrote (537384)2/9/2004 7:44:39 AM
From: Bald Eagle  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
Russian election candidate goes missing
A candidate in Russia's March 14 presidential election allied to exiled billionaire business mogul Boris Berezovsky has been missing for two days, his campaign manager said.

Relatives of Ivan Rybkin "have neither seen him nor come into contact with him" since Thursday evening, the Interfax news agency quoted Ksenia Ponomariova as saying.

Mr Rybkin's wife confirmed not having had any news of her husband and said she would file a missing person's report with Russian police on Sunday.

The news followed the earlier announcement by the Russian electoral committee of the registration of Mr Rybkin, a former speaker of the State Duma lower house of Parliament, as an independent candidate in the March presidential election.

Mr Rybkin is leader of the wing of the Liberal Russia party that has remained faithful to Mr Berezovsky since the party split in 2003.

Mr Berezovsky, a fierce opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin and wanted on fraud charges in Moscow, has been in exile in Britain since October 2001 where he has obtained political asylum.

Liberal Russia was created in 2002 by Berezovsky.

Mr Putin is expected to win the election with ease.

-- AFP
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