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Owner Of Russian Bank Shot Dead

November 22, 2006

The burial of Andrei Kozlov, deputy head of the central bank, murdered in September (ITAR-TASS)

November 21, 2006 - The owner of a small Russian bank was shot dead in Moscow, becoming the third banker to be murdered in the Russian capital in three months.


Reuters reports that Konstantin Meshcheryakov, co-owner of Spetsetstroibank, was shot outside an apartment building in northern Moscow.


(Reuters)

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