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Article: RUSSIA: FOREFATHER OF RUSSIAN CAPITALISM SHOT.
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- Article date:
- December 26, 2000
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Moscow Deputy Mayor Iosef Ordzhonikide was shot in Moscow, RTR television reported on 19 December. His driver was killed, and he remains hospitalized. While little known outside official circles, Ordzhonikidze has been one of the key figures in the rise of Russian capitalism and capitalists for many years. In 1988, he became the Komsomol secretary in charge of promoting the "youth economy." His work there launched the careers of numerous businessmen and ...
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