From Russia for Love

By Bill Birnbauer

MELBOURNE, March 29, 1998 — They told Anna Vladimirovna that if she tried to escape, “things” could happen to her son and family back in the

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"… rthur massacre, in which a gunman killed 35 people. …"

"… criminal groups. And the tentacles of the Russian mafia group that snared Anna Vladimirovna are long: from the Ukraine to the Immigration detention centre in Maidston …"

"… ness.Just days before her case was due before the Refugee Review Tribunal, Anna Vladimirovna put up the shutters. Her cooperative mood turned to total non-cooperation. …"

"… fficking tens of thousands of women from the region each year.The story of Anna Vladimirovna (a fictitious name created to protect the woman’s privacy and safety) is …"