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2 October 2002 - 17:36 AMT

NO REQUEST FROM RUSSIA ON SEARCHING POSSIBLE KIDNAPPERS OF “LUKOIL” COMPANY VICE-PRESIDENT RECEIVED BY ARMENIAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

The Armenian law-enforcement bodies have not received any official requests from the Russian ministry of interior on searching for persons suspected of kidnapping vice-president of “Lukoil” company Sergey Kukura. The press service of the Armenian ministry of internal affairs told “Arminfo” agency it, thus denying the Russian mass media reports that Alexander Vetlugayev, Sergey Melchakovskiy and Gagik Bgdoyan suspected of the crime might be hiding in the territory of Ukraine or Armenia, and that the law-enforcement bodies of Russia had referred to their colleagues in these countries requesting to activate search for the suspects. The Armenian ministry of interior also noted that Gagik Bgdoyan is not among the persons under republican search.