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To: Yaacov who wrote (14342)	9/7/1999 6:14:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

Did they ever succeeded in creating "Soviet People"? Well everyone had a passport with nationality and that was not "Soviet"-Jew, Armenian, Georgian, Chechen and so on...However, of course they did, they created easily recognised entity..you could dress any "Soviet" western Style, place them in any western Capital and still guess where they came from...<VBG> You must remember Anthem..."Soyuz Nerushimix Respublik Sovetskix Splotila Naveki Velikaya Rus.." it ain't sound same in English but for MNI and Neo Soviet <VBG>Anthem: The Glorious Union of Soviet Republics Joined in Unbreakable Union by Great Mother Russia..." BTW heard anything about this unfolding Russian corruption scheme...(beyond official press little scratch...this is got to be THE Story of this Decade)

To: Yaacov who wrote (14342)	9/7/1999 6:38:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 17770

Yeltsin attacks 'careless' army Russian soldiers are up against well-armed, mobile opponents President Yeltsin has strongly criticised the Russian military for failing to prevent attacks by Islamic guerrillas in the southern republic of Dagestan. Mr Yeltsin said that only carelessness by the military could explain why the guerrillas had been able to capture a whole district in Dagestan and carry out a bomb attack on a military compound, killing more than 60 people. Muslim state The killings came as the guerillas launched a fresh offensive over the weekend from neighbouring Chechnya, after Russian troops thought they had suppressed the uprising. The guerillas are hoping to establish a Muslim state in the multi-ethnic North Caucasus region. Mr Yeltsin asked: "How is it that in a closed military area more terrorist acts occur than in other cities?" That can only be explained by carelessness by the military." He vowed "adequate measures" to confront the Islamic militants, who he has said endanger Russia's territorial integrity. Fighting Interior ministry officials estimate that in the latest incursion around 1,000 Muslem rebels crossed into the Novolakski region of western Dagestan. Officials are still counting the dead from the blast at Buynaksk, but the toll had risen to 61, including 21 children, by early Tuesday. Dagestani officials said 2,000 refugees had fled the war zone. It is the second assault by Islamic gunmen from Chechnya in just over a month. Both assaults are thought to have been led by experienced commanders such as Shamil Basayev, who helped mastermind Russia's defeat in the 1994-96 Chechnya war. Russian casualties Russia said on Monday that 49 troops and police had died and 230 had been wounded in the fighting in Dagestan in the past few days. Correspondents say the rebels are heavily outnumbered - but they are also highly mobile and well-armed. Chechnya, where Islamists have taken effective control of the government, has provided a base for the rebels, who last month attempted to declare an Islamic republic in part of Dagestan. news.bbc.co.uk

To: Yaacov who wrote (14342)	9/8/1999 1:29:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17770

Not sure if information about who is in charge of the criminal activity in Russia is deliberatly supressed to avoid mind-boggling revelations or just held-back...for now.. Yeltsin linked to bribe scandal Controversy centres on the contract to renovate the Kremlin Russia's President Boris Yeltsin is facing renewed corruption allegations. Swiss investigators say that up to $15m worth of bribes were made available to the Russian leader, his family and senior Kremlin officials by a construction company competing for Kremlin contracts. The Kremlin has rejected the allegations, claiming the story - which surfaced in the Washington Post - was politically motivated. While reports of the corruption case emerged already one year ago, this is the first time that the Yeltsins have been directly linked to it, and a precise amount has been mentioned. The company, Mabetex, is under investigation by the Swiss and Russian authorities for having paid large kickbacks to receive a renovation contract for the Kremlin. Yeltsin family link Swiss investigators say they have evidence that President Yeltsin and his two daughters were provided with credit cards and the bill was met by Mabetex. The Yeltsin family link to the scandal emerged as Swiss officials investigated Mr Pavel Borodin, the Kremlin official who oversaw Mabetex's renovation contracts with the Russian government. Swiss investigators found that Mabetex had opened bank accounts for Mr Borodin in the Swiss cities of Lugano and Geneva. Mabetex records also revealed payments were made to another Swiss bank, where the card holders were President Yeltsin and his two daughters. Payments for the Yeltsins' credit cards totalled tens of thousands of dollars over two or three years, the newspaper report said. Mabetex also allegedly provided $1m that was transferred to a Hungarian bank account for President Yeltsin. Officials familiar with the enquiry say altogether $10m to $15m were put into bank or credit card accounts of Russian officials. The Russian authorities are also investigating the case, but even the Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov has questioned his colleagues' willingness to challenge the Kremlin. Mr Skuratov was suspended by President Yeltsin earlier this year. The Italian connection IMF cash may have been laundered News has also emerged of an Italian connection to the scandal. Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera has reported that a furniture business - that has links with Mabetex - laundered money for the Kremlin. The reports allege that Russian couriers drove from Switzerland, delivering money to Oak Industria Arrediamenti, who then channelled it into bank accounts that the Yeltsins could access. Oak deny that any wrongdoing took place. This scandal coincides with a separate investigation into claims that billions of dollars were illegally siphoned out of Russia and laundered in a New York bank. Investigators in New York believe that more than $10bn in funds from Russia was illegally deposited in the Bank of New York, and some of it may have come from the $20bn that the International Monetary Fund has paid to Russia since 1992 to help stabilise the economy news.bbc.co.uk