MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF LEGAL OFFICIAL IN MOSCOW.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF LEGAL OFFICIAL IN MOSCOW.
Russian officials say a Deputy Justice Minister, Aleksei Stepanov, was found dead in his Moscow apartment this morning. It is unclear whether he was shot or killed by a blow to the head. The BBC says there is speculation that his death may have been a contract killing ordered by mafia bosses. Few of such crimes are ever solved. (BBC World Service, May 23
Russian Duma Fails to Overcome Veto on Election Monitoring.
