Quote:11:54 GMT, Nov 28, 2009 Latest Headlines...


Matviyenko confirms deaths of two high-ranking federal officials intrain crash
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov 28 (Interfax) - St. Petersburg Governor
Valentina Matviyenko officially confirmed that Sergei Tarasov, the board
chairman of the Russian Federal Road Agency (Rosavtodor) and a former
Federation Council member representing St. Petersburg, and Russian
Federal Reserve Agency (Rosreserve) chief Boris Yevstratikov were killed
in the crash of the Nevsky Express train on the evening of November 27.
"Sergei Borisovich [Tarasov] was killed on the spot, and his body
was found later. In addition, the death of Rosreserve chief Boris
Yevstratikov has also been confirmed," Matviyenko told journalists.
Matviyenko expressed her condolences to Tarasov's and
Yevstratikov's relatives and beloved ones. "This is our common pain and
common loss," she said.

Quote:The 2009 Nevsky Express bombing occurred on 27 November 2009 when a bomb exploded[12] under a high speed train travelling between the Russian cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg causing derailment near the town of Bologoye, Tver Oblast (approximately 200 miles or 320 kilometres from Moscow), on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway. The derailment occurred at 21:34 local time (18:34 UTC).[13] Russian officials had stated that 39 people were killed and 95 injured but later retracted the death toll, reporting 25 deaths as of 28 November.[10][11][14] Up to six people are feared trapped underneath the overturned carriages.[13]

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Casualties
The high-end train was popular with government officials and Russian business executives.[18]

Deaths

Boris Evstratikov – head of Rosreserve[22]
Sergei Tarasov – chairman of Rosavtodor[22]
Lyudmila Mukhina – deputy head of the Office of Science of Rosrybolovstvo[23]
Injuries

Dmitry Goin - deputy head of Rosreserve[23]
Alexander Poshivay - head of administration of Rosreserve[23]

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22 a b ""Невский экспресс" взорвали 7 килограммами тротила" (in Russian). Lenta.ru. 28 November 2009. http://lenta.ru/news/2009/11/28/kilos/. Retrieved 28 November 2009.

23 a b c "Авария «Невского экспресса» унесла жизни высокопоставленных чиновников" (in Russian). Новые Известия. 28 November 2009. http://www.newizv.ru/lenta/118082/. Retrieved 28 November 2009.

David Guyatt Wrote:Someone had access to sensitive, if not classified, travel information eh. Taking out the senior echelon of the Russian Reserve Bank is quite a coup. I wonder who is actually behind this and why?

Jan Klimkowski Wrote:

David Guyatt Wrote:Someone had access to sensitive, if not classified, travel information eh. Taking out the senior echelon of the Russian Reserve Bank is quite a coup. I wonder who is actually behind this and why?

Yup - the first thing intelligence agencies look for after a train/plane/ship/road crash is the passenger manifest. Who was on board?

In this instance, senior management of Rosreserve.

A paranoid chill will be coursing through the corridors of the Lubyanka... mokin:

Peter Lemkin Wrote:Anyone know enough about Russian monetary policy and criminality to know what these men might have been 'terminated' for? I have the same worry when I board an airplane, I want to know if anyone important and 'hot' is in First class....maybe best to only fly on airlines with NO first or business class!......