BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JULY 10, 2000 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Vladimir A. Gusinsky Moscow media baron and leading Jewish affairs activist owns NTV independent television station, a frequent Kremlin critic. THE THREAT Arrested and detained by federal prosecutor, facing charges of embezzlement of state property in a mid-1990s privatization. THE PROGNOSIS May escape conviction, but Kremlin is putting squeeze on lenders to his cash-strapped properties. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Open Season on Russia's Oligarchs RESUME: Vladimir Potanin RESUME: Boris Berezovsky RESUME: Vladimir A. Gusinsky INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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