Lev Savenkov, Vladimir Putin, 1993

Article in the NEVSKOE VREMYA newspaper on the affairs of Lev SAVENKOV, a St. Petersburg former Deputy Mayor, entrepreneur, and adventurer with ties to organized crime groups. In 1994, SAVENKOV was sentenced to 5 years in prison for embezzlement. The article includes an interview with Vladimir PUTIN, then Head of the St. Petersburg City Hall …

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Kabachinov Audit Statement: The XXth trust

Audit statement (Akt) from the check on financial and economic operations of the joint-stock company, “Construction and Financial Corporation — The Twentieth Trust” (Rus. KORPORATSIA DVADTCATIY TREST) for 1993, 1994, 1994, 1995. Served to open a criminal file #144128, investigated by the investigator Andrey Zykov in Sankt-Petersburg and dropped in 2000. Names mentioned: Sergey NIKESHIN …

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Sankt-Peterburgskie Birzhevye Vedomosti newspaper, 1 April, 1992

Sankt-Peterburgskie Birzhevye Vedomosti, 1 April 1992. Newspaper article: “The City Hall of St. Petersburg: 50% of city officials are honest people”, by Vera Lvova. The article covers affairs involving oil licenses and food for the city conducted by Vladimir PUTIN and other City Hall officials. Names mentioned: Vladimir PUTIN Anatoly SOBCHAK

SMENA newspaper (St. Petersburg edition), from 31 March, 1992

Three articles mentioning Vladimir PUTIN: 1st: “Deputies and the city hall could and should work together”. Interview with the Chief of the City Hall Committee for External Relations, Deputy Mayor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir PUTIN. PUTIN replies in his interview on complaints he did not properly manage the delivery of food to St. Petersburg in …

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