Prosecutors Formally Charge Mirilashvili, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

From: The St. Petersburg Times (Russia) | Date: February 2, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Masha Kaminskaya
The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)
02-02-2001
Mikhail Mirilashvili, a prominent Russian-Israeli businessman and
vice president of the Russian Jewish Congress, was formally charged with
kidnapping by prosecutors on Wednesday.
"The charge remains the same," said Gennady Ryabov, spokesman for the
City Prosecutor - that Mirilashvili organized the abduction of two people
last September. "Our preliminary investigation may take up to six months,
but [we] hope to finalize the case earlier."
Mirilashvili's lawyer, Yury Novolodsky, called the charge
"unsubstantiated, absurd and having no ...

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