Soldier Held over Chubais' Attack

World | March 18, 2005, Friday // 00:00

Russian police questioned a retired special forces officer over a failed assassination attempt on Anatoly Chubais, head of Russia's state power monopoly. Chubais, one of Russia's best-known figures and the architect of post-Soviet economic reforms, escaped unhurt when assailants hidden in trees detonated a roadside bomb and sprayed his convoy with automatic fire as he drove to work Thursday. A spokeswoman for the Moscow region prosecutor's office said a man had been detained on suspicion of trying to kill Chubais but declined to identify him.

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