Fri, 18 Oct, 2002 - 10:06
The governor of Russia's Far Eastern region of Magadan has been shot on a busy Moscow street.
Police say the assassination of Valentin Tsvetkov was a 'contract hit' carried out by a professional gunman.
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CourtsHeathrowPlace: KremlinPlace: RussiaPlace: MagadanPlace: Moscow streetPlace: MoscowPerson: Valentin TsvetkovPerson: President Vladimir PutinPerson: Prosecutor General Vladimir UstinovPerson: Interior ministerPerson: Boris GryzlovPerson: TsvetkovPerson: Moscow Police Chief Vladimir ProninPerson: Moscow ProsecutorPerson: Mikhail AvdyukovPerson: AvdyukovOrganisation: Moscow policeOrganisation: RussiaOrganisation: Russian Federation CouncilOrganisation: State Duma
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