Russian central banker shot dead

[NVMojo]

POSTED: 0708 GMT (1508 HKT), September 14, 2006

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- The top deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank died Thursday morning after being gunned down by two assailants the night before near a Moscow football stadium, a medical source told Russia's state-run Interfax news agency.

Andrei Kozlov, 41, was attacked near the capital's Spartak football arena around 9 p.m., Interfax reported. His driver was also killed.

A medical source told Interfax that Kozlov suffered severe wounds to the head, but was also hit in the chest and stomach.

The source said Kozlov arrived at the hospital unconscious and underwent surgery, but never regained consciousness.

CNN's Ryan Chilcote, reporting from Moscow, said authorities were looking at the possibility criminals involved in money laundering may have been behind the killing.

While on a lesser scale than in the turbulent 1990s, contract killings of businessmen and bankers still regularly occur in Russia, where business conflicts often turn violent, The Associated Press reported.

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http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/09/14/russia.banker/

[WHAT]

1. There's a global banking war going-on...

I swear there is...it's like the new geography of war.

:tinfoilhat:

I wanted to kick this, hoping for some more comment.

[smirkymonkey]

2. Kick!

The entire world is being overrun by criminals, not the least of which is the U.S. Government. However, the Russian Mob makes the Mafia look like a bunch of altar boys.