SKI MASKS AND CAMOUFLAGE….

November 29, 2000 08:00 AM Age: 24 years

Security forces last week raided St. Petersburg’s Baltiisky Bank and Balt-Oneksimbank, seizing documents and offering no explanations. A week ago armed police carried out a similar operation against Promstroibank-St. Petersburg, and prosecutors are now investigating charges that Promstroi management bribed city officials to win certain municipal accounts. All three raided banks have connections to St. Petersburg’s municipal government, where Vladimir Putin once served as deputy mayor.

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