NUMBER 124 
SEPTEMBER 19 - 25, 1995
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TOP STORIES
- Malyshev walks free
- St Petersburg's organized crime trial of the century has ended in the acquittal of Alexander Malyshev and his associates. Mr Malyshev and his co-defendants had been accused of 52 crimes, all lumped together to form one charge of banditism.
- Hermitage fire system up and running
- The Hermitage Museum's priceless collection of impressionist paintings is now fire-proof. Honeywell Inc has worked hand in jeweled glove with the museum to ensure that the new $2.5 million system is installed without physical or aesthetic damage.
- Consulate picketed day after attack
- A crowd of Russian ultra-nationalists gathered outside the US Consulate in St Petersburg the day after a grenade attack hit the American Embassy in Moscow.
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