2 October 2000 Earlier this year in Russia, machine gun-toting riot police in camouflage and ski masks stormed Guta Bank, one of Moscow's largest. Under the pretense of investigating the bank's finances, the police smashed down a door, seized documents, and scared the wits out of the bank's employees.Part of President Vladimir Putin's campaign to […]

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