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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (20074)	6/20/2002 9:29:26 AM
From: oldirtybastard	Respond to of 74559

Moscow's Deputy Mayor Survives Shooting; Bodyguard Kills Gunman 2002-06-20 07:04 (New York) Moscow, June 20 (Bloomberg) -- Moscow Deputy Mayor Iosif Ordzhonikidze survived an assassination attempt for the second time in 18 months when gunmen fired on his car, Interfax and Agence France-Presse reported. Two men in a BMW with false police markings drew up beside Ordzhonikidze's Volvo in northwestern Moscow during the morning rush hour and opened fire, the news services said. Police later found the abandoned and burning BMW; the body of one attacker, killed by shots fired by Ordzhonikidze's bodyguard, was inside, AFP said, citing RIA-Novosti. Ordzhonikidze, who works on foreign currency investments for the city and oversees Moscow's hotels and casinos, was not injured, Interfax said, citing police. His bodyguard was hit in the shoulder in the exchange of fire with the gunmen, it said. A student in a nearby taxi was also hurt, AFP said. The deputy mayor, head of the city government's international economic relations, survived a first attack in December 2000, when he was shot in the thigh and stomach. His driver died in the assault. The shooting is the latest in a series of attacks on political and business leaders. Galina Starovoytova, a Russian independent liberal deputy and former presidential adviser, was shot dead in November 1998 in St. Petersburg. Police, who said it was a contract killing, never identified any suspects. Deputy Mayor Valery Shantsev was seriously wounded in June 1996 when a bomb exploded as he left his apartment building. The head of the city government's education committee survived a shot to the head in May 1997. Other unsolved cases include the killing of St. Petersburg Deputy Governor Mikhail Manevich in August 1997 and the 1995 fatal shooting of Vladislav Listyev, after he was named chief executive of ORT Television, the state-run company that operates Russia's most widely watched television station. --Guy Faulconbridge in Moscow, or at gfaulconbrid@bloomberg.net, and Julian Nundy in Paris, through the London newsroom, +44 20 7330 7171. Editors: Gomez, H. Langan Story illustration: {TNI RUSSIA CRIME <GO>} for more stories on crime in Russia. 1015Z RU <Equity> CN NI RUSSIA NI GEN NI CRIME NI LAW NI GOV NI POL NI ECO NI EEU NI EUROP NI EM NI CIS #<373665># -0- (BN ) Jun/20/2002 11:04 GMT

To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (20074)	6/20/2002 10:54:22 AM
From: Muthusamy SELVARAJU	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 74559

Jay/Dolinar, Thanks for your inputs. I've just read about a Briton being killed in Saudi Arabia in a car bomb explosion, which does not sound good at all. Meantime, it might interest people to know that there are oil plantation stocks here in Malaysia which are still selling at PER of around 13, historical. Now, the palm oil price has shot up from some RM 600+ to RM 1,400+ per ton, an amazing inflation factor considering most of the increase came within the past 5 months. Although less dramatic, natural rubber has also been hitting similar %increases. I wonder why, but all the same, it feels like inflation is creeping up on the commodities front, even if everywhere one reads, the prognosis is for deflation worldwide. Also, the Euro is ascending like a rocket, giving a less than stellar vote of confidence on the G8 Finance Ministers' meeting, and the upcoming Summit. What does one do....all so confusing, and so dramatic, in such short time.....sleepless nights. Thanks again, Selva