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Moscow Charges Suspect In Central Banker's Murder


Aleksei Frenkel being taken into a Moscow court on January 12 (RFE/RL) January 17, 2007 -- Russian prosecutors today charged a banker with ordering the murder of Central Bank First Deputy Chairman Andrei Kozlov.


The suspect, Aleksei Frenkel, is the former head of a private bank that Kozlov had closed down three months before he was shot dead in September.

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Frenkel's lawyer, Igor Trunov, said Frenkel was formally charged today with organizing Kozlov's murder.


Frenkel says he is not guilty. He was detained last week and a court on January 15 sanctioned his arrest.


Kozlov had led a campaign against money laundering in the banking system. A total of seven suspects have been arrested in connection with his murder.


(Interfax, ITAR-TASS)

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