(Russia) The more things change...

[Robert Harris]

...the more they stay the same.


WEBSITE SAYS WARLORD'S DEATH WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. The sudden death in prison from "internal bleeding" of Chechen field commander
Salman Raduev on 14 December (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 16 December
2002) was politically motivated, strana.ru asserted on 17 December.
The website connected Raduev's death with the equally unexpected and mysterious death in prison of former Chechen Deputy Prime Minister
and National Security Minister Turpal-Ali Atgeriev on 18 August (see
"RFE/RL Newsline," 23 August 2002) from "internal bleeding" that was
attributed to leukemia. Both Raduev and Atgeriev were involved in the
same criminal case concerning the 1996 raid on the town of Kyzlyar.
Moreover, Atgeriev twice told journalists that he had warned then-FSB Director Putin in 1999 of an imminent incursion by Chechen fighters
into Daghestan. Strana.ru speculated that both men might have
possessed information that influential people in Russia and Chechnya
would like to conceal. As for "internal bleeding," it is often caused
by severe beatings, the website added. VY

From:
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 6, No. 235, Part I, 17 December 2002

[Allene]

Yep, the KGB changed its name but not much else.

Allene

[Jedi Writer]

Originally posted by Allene Goforth
Yep, the KGB changed its name but not much else.

Allene Ah the folks from the First Directorate were good guys. I can't comment on the internal security lot.

[Perry Stroika]

Unlike the weak tactics of Americans, Russians tend to get what they want out of their prisoners. Hate us all you want, but I want to be hated than to be weak.