19 JUNE 1998

RUSSIA SUSPECTS IN JOURNALIST'S MURDER MOVED OUT OF KALMYKIA The three suspects in the recent murder of "Sovetskaya Kalmykia Segodnya" editor Larisa Yudina have been transferred from pre-trial detention in the Republic of Kalmykia to a facility in Stavropol Krai, ITAR-TASS reported on 19 June, citing Sergei Prokopov, a spokesman for the Prosecutor-General's Office's department in the North Caucasus. The previous day, Vladimir Shanukov became the third man charged with premeditated murder in connection with Yudina's death. Prokopov said the authorities moved the three suspects to Stavropol in order to prevent pressure on the investigators and leaks. LB 19-06-98