Vladislav Listev

From today's RFE/RL Newsline:

TEN YEARS LATER, LISTEV MURDER STILL A MYSTERY.

Russian news agencies reported that 1 March is the 10th anniversary of the murder of ORT General Director Vladislav Listev, one of the highest-profile unsolved killings in Russia in the 1990s. The Prosecutor-General's Office issued a statement saying that "the investigation of this crime has not stopped for one minute and the most experienced law enforcement officials continue to work on it." The statement added that 100 volumes of material have been collected in the case, RIA-Novosti reported. Investigators have looked into all aspects of Listev's life, but they believe that the murder was almost certainly connected with his efforts to reorganize the business practices of ORT, Russia's premier television channel. Listev was named ORT general director in January 1995. RC