Spotlight | Russia
SHOWDOWN BETWEEN PRIMAKOV AND "TYCOONS"
Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov, interior minister Sergei Stepashin and Vladimir Putin, director of FSB, appear determined to strip away some of the extraordinary powers a handful of oligarchs linked to organized crime have gained over the Russian economy. But [...]
Published on 25/03/1999 at 10:00 GMT
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