Deadly battle to make it in Moscow

The Journal Record | November 25, 1996| | Copyright

The events leading to Paul Tatum's violent death in Moscow were re-created through interviews with his friends and business associates in Russia and America and information provided by Russian police. The interviews were supplemented by published reports, including those on Tatum's Moscow press conferences.

MOSCOW -- The American and his two bodyguards started down the wide, worn steps to the subway. Behind them stood a figure carrying a large plastic bag. Concealed inside was a Kalashnikov assault rifle.

It was dusk, Sunday, Nov. 3, and Moscow's streets were bustling. Shoppers lined up at ...

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