"But there have been suggestions that some of the new politician-businessmen have abused their positions to enrich themselves. Individual branches of the FSB, each controlled by a politically powerful patron, have been involved in turf wars over corrupt business schemes. One of them led to an armed showdown on the tarmac of a Moscow airport."
1 posted on
02/21/2008 8:59:12 PM PST by
fishhound
To: fishhound
Boyars and tartars, followed by the Tsar’s secret police, followed by Communist apparatchiks, followed by ex-KGB mafiosos. Happy old Russia.
2 posted on
02/21/2008 9:06:39 PM PST by
dr_who_2
To: fishhound
How much tighter can it get?
To: fishhound
The bBBC and another anti Russian article...take it with a grain of salt.
4 posted on
02/21/2008 9:21:25 PM PST by
eleni121
(+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)
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