Somehow, killing a woman in Russia is considered by public to be a lot worse than killing a man, so that could be a particular reason for
so much publicity. The situation is pretty grim if such killings
happen
From Russia today:
russiatoday.com
Thu., Nov. 26, 1998 at: NY 6:54 a.m. Lon 11:54 a.m. Pra 12:54 p.m. Mos 2:54 p.m.
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Russian Banker Offers $100,000 for Info on Killing
MOSCOW, Nov. 26, 1998 -- (Agence France Presse) One of Russia's leading
bankers has put up a reward of $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of the
assassins who gunned down leading reformist parliamentarian Galina Starovoitova, the
business daily Kommersant reported Thursday.
Mikhail Fridman, whose Alfa group has ridden Russia's financial storm better than
most, told the daily that the money would be paid out to anyone providing "accurate and
reliable information which would lead to the criminals being found.
"If we cannot believe that such crimes can be solved, it is senseless to undertake
anything in this country," Fridman was quoted as saying.
Starovoitova, a leading campaigner for greater democracy and human rights in Russia,
was gunned down Friday evening in Saint Petersburg in a professional hit which has
appalled the country.
Though Russia has fallen prey to a sickening series of similar killings, Starovoitova
was the highest-profile victim yet and her assassination has raised serious questions
about the state of Russia, its murky political and business world and its democracy.
"If this crime goes unpunished it will be a huge blow to the people and the state," said
Fridman. "We will have no hope that the state is capable of taking care of its people as
it is not capable of taking care of the top members of society." ( (c) 1998 Agence
France Presse) |
