German executive killed in Moscow
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Deputy head of publishing company stabbed to death in Moscow dacha using an antique dagger.
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The prosecutor of Russia's Volga region of Saratov was killed overnight and police believe his murder could be linked to his anti-corruption drive, Russian media reported on Thursday.
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A Russian central banker who fought to   clean up his country's murky banking system died early on   Thursday from gunshot wounds after being ambushed by assassins   in what police said was a contract 'hit'.
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The head of an organization of former Russian spies was quoted as saying on Thursday Stalin-era policies of Moscow assassinating enemies had ceased, and ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko was probably murdered by criminals.
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German police have found traces of  radiation in two buildings linked to a Russian businessman who  met the murdered ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko on the day he fell  ill, a spokeswoman said on Saturday.
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A deputy interior minister in southern Russia's Dagestan region is gunned down in his car.
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The first deputy chairman of Russia's   central bank died in hospital on Thursday after being shot by   gunmen outside a Moscow sports stadium, a senior doctor said.
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Authorities described the shooting of Andrei Kozlov, a Russian bank regulator, as a contract killing.
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The suspect in the fatal poisoning of Alexander V. Litvinenko said today that a British intelligence agency and a Russian tycoon had organized the killing.
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Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev,   Russia's most wanted man, was killed on Monday, handing a huge   boost to President Vladimir Putin as he prepared to host a   Group of Eight summit.
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MOSCOW -- The top deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank died Thursday, hours after being shot by unidentified assailants in an attack that officials suggested was prompted by his efforts to clean up the country's banking system.
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Gunmen shot and seriously wounded the   first deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank and killed his   driver on Wednesday night in Moscow, Interfax news agency   quoted police as saying.
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Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, an outspoken critic of the war in rebel Chechnya, was found shot dead on Saturday at her apartment block in central Moscow, news agencies reported.
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Ed Seitz, a State Department security officer was killed near a US base close to Baghdad International Airport, the US Embassy announced.
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A top-ranking regional police officer and three bodyguards were gunned down in southern Russia late Wednesday, police said. The assassination was the latest attack in the troubled region bordering war-wracked Chechnya.
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Unidentified gunmen kill a top women's affairs official in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, police say.
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A drunken driver collided Monday with a motorcade carrying Chechen President Alu Alkhanov, killing a security officer escorting him and critically injuring four others, authorities said.