NUMBER 141 
JANUARY 9 - 15, 1995
PLAYING OUT THE PAST
These St Petersburg children were living bits and
pieces of history and fantasy. As part of their school studies, they were
taking part in "masquerade lessons" on themes from Greek myths to fairy tales
to Russian Christmas traditions.
TOP STORIES
- Documents on human rights abuses in Chechnya seized
- Russian federal security service (FSB) officers have confiscated documents from human rights activists who were taking them to Stockholm for submission to an international tribunal on war crimes in Chechnya.
- Guilty plea by alleged Levin aide
- Prosecutors had alleged that Alexei Lashmanov, 28, had been Levin's accomplice in a scheme to penetrate Citibank's computers, steal millions from corporate accounts and transfer the funds to overseas accounts.
- Habitual flat burglar ambushed by police
- Master cat-burglar Boris Rodionov -- now behind bars -- eluded the city's police for six months, cleaning out 36 St Petersburg flats.
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