RUSSIAN CAPITAL FLIGHT PUT AT $80 BILLION.

An Interpol official said there had been some $80 billion in illegal capital flight from Russia between 1991 and 1994, Moscow radio reported April 27. Russian authorities have acknowledged that approximately $1.5 billion is leaving the country every month. Accurate statistics are difficult to establish; as the Interpol representative said, few in the West want to talk about money that they know has been stolen. Because Moscow would like to get this money back, Duma chairman Ivan Rybkin has suggested that there should be an amnesty for “new Russians” who repatriate capital, Golos (no. 16), reported.

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