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To: Yaacov who wrote (15498)	12/10/1999 5:20:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

eating raw somked fish>>> Would'nt you know the fish called Vobla was food of Burlaks on Volga River (boat-tagging slaves) Now it is a first-class appetiser (for Vodka of course) and used to be as hard to get as caviar in Soviet Union... PS As for the proposed Paris trip, I haven't seen my kids for a week was so busy (leave to early, come too late...they asleep) Maybe I should move to Italy..<gg> PSS PM me details..:)

To: Yaacov who wrote (15498)	12/10/1999 7:14:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Ten Alleged Russian Mob Members Charged In New York NEW YORK, Dec 10, 1999 -- (Reuters) Ten members of an alleged Russian organized crime group were charged with kidnapping, armed robbery, extortion, arson and assault in a wide-ranging racketeering indictment, law enforcement officials said. Eight of the defendants charged in a 19-count indictment unsealed on Thursday are said to be members of the Brigade that has been known as "Tatarin's Brigade" or the "Bratva" which in Russian means "the brotherhood or good fellows." If convicted of the charges, seven of the defendants, including Sam Bozaunts and Igor Yukha, alleged leaders of the group, face life in prison without parole. The others face up to 25 years in prison. The group ran its criminal activities in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Florida under the supervision of Bozaunts and Yukha, who allegedly provided other Brigade members with protection, according to law enforcement officials. The charges in Thursday's indictment and in a previous criminal indictment filed in July 1998 allege that some of the defendants conspired to extort owners, operators and employees of businesses that transported Russian woman from New York City and New Jersey to dance in clubs. The earlier indictment alleges also that the defendants ran "an organized reign of terror," against fellow Russian immigrants. Many of the alleged victims were residents of Brooklyn's Brighton Beach neighborhood, near Coney Island, which contains one of the nation's largest Russian immigrant communities. Law enforcement authorities say it has long been considered the home turf of Russian organized crime members operating in the United States. The charges cap a three-year investigation by the FBI, the New York Police Department and Federal prosecutors in Manhattan into a suspected organized crime ring allegedly dominated by Russians that preyed on immigrants. (C)1999 Copyright Reuters Limited.