This article really caught my attention because, they claimed this murder of the deputy head of Russia's central bank to be one of the highest-profile killings during Putin's presidency. It seems that there are many similar high-profile cases under his reign that take a long time to solve. This murder took place over two years ago, and finally now are sentences being distributed. The fact that this man was killed because he was leading a campaign against money-laundering and corruption, shows that it is common in Russia do whatever is necessary to quiet a loud mouth. This is similar to our case study about Anna Politkovskaya, a month after the banker was killed, and there is still no suspects for the murder. This article supports our theory of both either Putin's influence on such murders (journalists or important non-governmental leader figures) or that it is a part of the Russian society, and a normal way to handle things.
By Ashlee Newcomb
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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