PRESIDENT OF RUSSIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION MURDERED.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 3 Issue: 80

April 23, 1997 07:00 AM Age: 28 years

The president of the Russian Hockey Federation, Valentin Sych, was shot dead yesterday morning as he and his wife were leaving their country house outside Moscow. He is believed to have been the victim of a contract killing. Russia’s Independent television said Sych may have fallen foul of a gang that was trying to extort money from him. (AP, April 22)

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