Murder

New Zealand Tourist Found Dead in Moscow

Russian police have started a homicide investigation after the discovery of a body, believed to be that of an Auckland woman last seen in a Moscow hotel more than two weeks ago, The New Zealand Herald reported on Monday, June 18.

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June 17, 2007

Georgian Opposition Claim Guram Sharadze Killing Ordered by Government

An opposition party leader alleged that the fatal shooting of another opposition figure had ben ordered by the government, but the top government figures rejected the claim, Pravda.Ru reports.

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May 22, 2007

Leader of Opposition Party Killed in Georgia

Leader of 21st Century – Language, Homeland, Faith opposition party Guram Sharadze, 66, was killed last night in central Tbilisi, Georgia, the REGNUM news agency reports.

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Armenian Man Killed by Racists in Central Russia

An ethnic Armenian man was killed in Samara, Russia by someone who painted a racist slogan on the victim’s television set, according to a March 30, 2007 report by Sova Information-Analytical Center, quoted by Armenian News Network.

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April 5, 2007

Mad Max, Russian Organised Crime Ringleader Killed in Ukraine

A Russian businessman who backed Ukraine’s prime minister in the disputed 2004 elections was shot dead by a sniper outside a Kiev court on Tuesday, the Financial Times daily reports.

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March 29, 2007

Former Soviet Dissident Killed in U.S. by ‘Coldblooded’ Hip-Hop DJ

Brian “DJ Coldblooded” White beat a former Soviet political prisoner to death with a rock Thursday at a highway rest stop in the United Stated after the victim declined to buy his religious CDs.

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March 17, 2007

Woman Orders Hit on Teenage Son Over Cramped Apartment

A Russian woman paid a former convict to kill her 17-year-old son because she was fed up with sharing her small one-room flat with him.

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March 14, 2007

Russian Court Suspends Forbes’ Editor Klebnikov Murder Trial

A Moscow court has suspended Paul Klebnikov murder trial as one of three defendants went missing, the Associated Press reported on March 14.

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Two Soviet Emigrants Sentenced to Death in California for Yosemite Killings

A court in California has sentenced two Soviet emigrants to death for kidnapping and brutally murdering five people, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported on Tuesday.

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Mistress Kills Wife as Husband Locks Women in One Room

A woman in Ukraine has strangled her lover’s wife with a plastic bag after the man locked them both in one room to get some rest from constant rows.

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March 12, 2007