Russia's brawn drain: the NHL continues to lure the best of the East

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Moscow Red Army hockey club general manager Valery Gushin wants to reform the current system for transferring Russian hockey players to the National Hockey League (NHL). Gushin wants the NHL to increase the compensation it pays to the imported Russian players' former clubs.

Laws, regulations and rules, Human resource management, International aspects, National Hockey League, Hockey players, Hockey teams, International Ice Hockey Federation

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Nation in fear; criminals terrorize foreign businessmen

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Foreign businessmen are frequent targets of Russian crime, which has steadily risen since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union. Businessmen and bankers were the targets of 50% of the 560 professional murders committed in 1995.

Crimes against, Russia, Crime, Businessmen, Foreign business enterprises

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Adrift in a new world order

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The difficulties faced by athletes from the former Soviet Union are discussed. For the 1992 Winter Olympics, the athletes from the Commonwealth of Independent States will compete as the Unified Team.

Commonwealth of Independent States, Olympic athletes, College sports, Soviet Union, Sports and state, Sports policy, Winter Olympics, 1992 AD

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