"… on a four-day trip to Dublin in August 2005 to attend a conference on U.S.-Russia-Europe relations. The Aspen Institute, a nonprofit organization that …"

"… ruary 2002, Belgian authorities issued an international arrest warrant for Russian arms dealer Victor Bout on charges of money laundering and conspiracy. Da …"

"… test his innocence."What should I be afraid of?" he asked, live on air, as Russian police claimed they could not find him.Bout believed he was untouchable, …"

"… d influential friends – from African heads of state to senior figures in Russia's post-Soviet intelligence world.Bout's swagger is not altogether unique. …"

"… and criminal syndicates in the United States, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Africa and the Middle East. Often, they work as proxies for national or c …"

"… nezuela, Algeria, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Georgia. It also lobbied on legislatio …"

"… y pot of enrichment for himself and influential friends in Angola, Israel, Russia and France.Giuliani likely did not know that the short, stocky man he was …"

"… category. He owes this vast fortune, he said, to shrewd speculation on the Russian stock market, particularly oil stocks, and not to the profits of war. Gay …"

"… bricklayer. In 1976, he opened a translation bureau near Paris, servicing Russian commercial delegations visiting France, and made contacts at a number of …"

"… cording to ICIJ's investigation, Gaydamak created a maze of enterprises in Russia, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, England, Switzerland, and Israel. In …"

"… hat he would oppose ratification of the New START arms control treaty with Russia.Top Political ContributionsAmgen Inc, a pharmaceutical company — at leas …"

"… e room and found 58 grams of the highest quality coke. One of the girls, a Russian, was diluting it.The policemen had no idea who it was they hauled back wi …"

"… an Israeli passport, but also has passports from the former Soviet Union, Russia, Germany and Bolivia.The initial investigation in Monza, the Milanese subu …"

"… aler and an ally of brutal regimes. He was also a high-ranking member of a Russian organized crime syndicate. His arrest was fortuitous, but also a disturbi …"

"… he money, they had discovered, was laundered from sales of oil stolen from Russia. Belgium, too, had intriguing files on Minin: on Dec. 18, 1994, in a smart …"

"… s surrounding the main house.On a warm afternoon in March 1998, an elderly Russian woman was cutting up fruit in the kitchen, while her daughter and son-in- …"

"… und of grenades blasting open the door, as armed intruders stormed in. The Russian woman grabbed a large watermelon and smashed it on the head of one of the …"

"… ld. And his associates – ranging from former U.S. military personnel and Russian officials to African heads of state and organized crime figures – gave …"

"… on companies, financiers and transshipment points. Shuttling among Africa, Russia, Europe, the Persian Gulf and Central Asia, Bout left few, if any, trails. …"

"… finance improvements to public utilities in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia. …"

"… east, U.S. anti-missile plans have drawn increasingly harsh responses from Russia; Poland, once a Communist country under Moscow's influence, has gained mem …"

"… rest barracks of the Polish border guards in the town of Kętrzyn near the Russian border ― a unit rumored to be present at the airfield during various CI …"

"… of lay-offs that began in late 2009 and is surviving on exports to Mexico, Russia and other countries.”My online search then led me to a story on the Web …"