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Tom Noeding Premium Member Group moderatorThe company name is only visible to registered members.News: Russian Businessman with reputed Mafia links shot dead in Kyiv
Maksim Kurochkin, a Russian businessman suspected of having
connections with organized crime, was shot dead in Kyiv on March 27
as he was leaving a court, Ukrainian media reported. The single shot
fired at Kurochkin also wounded a security officer escorting him to a
car. Police reportedly found a sniper's rifle believed to have been
used in the attack, and established that there were two assailants
who escaped from the crime scene by car. Kurochkin, 37, who was
arrested last November in a Kyiv airport, was standing trial on
charges of extortion. He was reputedly involved in a number of
corporate scandals in the energy sphere in Ukraine, including
attempts to take control over some companies with the help of armed
thugs. Kurochkin, known to the public under the nickname "Mad Max",
denied any wrongdoing. During the 2004 presidential election campaign
in Ukraine, Kurochkin funded the so-called Russian Club in Kyiv,
which involved Russian spin doctors Gleb Pavlovsky and Igor Shuvalov
working for presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych. Kurochkin
survived an apparent assassination attempt in November 2004, when
a car bomb exploded near the Russian Club office.
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RFE/RL NEWSLINE
- 28 Mar 2007, 4:50 pm
