Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-17 Thread Chris Doss
Friday, July 16, 2004. Page 2. Streletsky: Klebnikov Book Was on Listyev By Catherine Belton Staff Writer Paul Klebnikov, the American journalist who was shot dead in Moscow, was starting to work on a new investigation into the 1995 murder of television director Vladimir Listyev, an event he

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-13 Thread Chris Doss
I notice BTW that the Western press is already using the murder of Klebnikov as a means of attacking the evil press-crushing Putin -- even though K. was pro-Putin and was almost certainly killed by somebody connected with big business, not the Kremlin. Gee, one might think they had an agenda

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-12 Thread Chris Doss
The Chechen resistance movement is an outgrowth of the Chechen Mafia. Nukhayev is a former mobster who has been in and out of prison since the 1970s. The Mafia and the oligarchs are not exactly unacquainted. Read Klebnikov's book on Berezovsky (Godfather of the Kremlin)! It's all in there. ---

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-11 Thread Chris Doss
I would guess it was probably someone who got pissed off at having their hidden income reported in Forbes' 100 Richest in Russia list. Or it could be someone in the Chechen Mafia angry at his depiction of Nukhayev. Or a combination therefof. Who knows? This is really, really sad. Klebnikov

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-11 Thread Chris Doss
BTW the oligarchs and the Chechen Mafia are not mutually exclusive. Berezovsky's links to the Chechen militants are well-known. In fact, Klebnikov wrote a couple of whole books about it. --- Chris Doss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would guess it was probably someone who got pissed off at having

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-11 Thread Michael Perelman
How did they use each other? On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 05:06:28AM -0700, Chris Doss wrote: BTW the oligarchs and the Chechen Mafia are not mutually exclusive. Berezovsky's links to the Chechen militants are well-known. In fact, Klebnikov wrote a couple of whole books about it. -- Michael

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-11 Thread Daniel Davies
and the Official (Maoist) IRA. dd -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Perelman Sent: 11 July 2004 16:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Klebnikov How did they use each other? On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 05:06:28AM -0700, Chris Doss wrote: BTW

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-11 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 7/11/2004 1:20:45 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's a useful corollorary (?) of social network theory that almost all badlads are joined up together, via a smallish number of "connected node"individuals. The North Korean government's forged

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-11 Thread Daniel Davies
1 July 2004 20:13To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: Klebnikov In a message dated 7/11/2004 1:20:45 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's a useful corollorary (?) of social network theory that almost all badlads are joined up together, via a smallish

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-11 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 7/11/2004 3:13:15 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cynical jaded New Yorker wants to know: When you lend someone counterfeit money, are you still doing that person a good turn? Should expect repayment, with interest? In real or counterfeit

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-11 Thread sartesian
: Sunday, July 11, 2004 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Klebnikov Michael was just asking how the Russian oligarchs would go about making use of Chechen freedom fighters; my point was only that, in general, there is a surprisingly efficient global community of violent men and no particular

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-11 Thread Daniel Davies
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: 11 July 2004 22:37To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: Klebnikov In a message dated 7/11/2004 3:13:15 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cynical jaded New Yorker wants to know: When you lend someone counter

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-11 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 7/11/2004 5:02:03 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Galbraith referred to it as "the bezzle" -- the increment to national wealth during that period when the conman knows he has got the mark's money, but the mark is as yet not aware that he has been

Klebnikov

2004-07-10 Thread Louis Proyect
Chris Doss wrote: Paul Klebnikov, who was one of the only writers on Russia in the English language worth reading, has just been murdered, very possibly by a lovable Chechen gangster, whoops I meant to say freedom-fighter. I fully expect some people to celebrate. He was the editor of the Russian

Re: Klebnikov

2004-07-10 Thread Michael Perelman
NPR also blames it on the oligarchs. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu