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"The Sunday Express said the document showed the Soviet leadership had instructed the KGB security police and intelligence organization to protect Maxwell's personal reputation and his business activities."

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Fears Robert Maxwell was Russian agent theaustralian.com.au/news/world/fea…
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"Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has entered the Russian market, joining with Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky...seen as a first step in the Murdoch empire's penetration of Russia."

Murdoch's News Corp. enters Russia upi.com/4009117t
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"But all may not be lost for Murdoch. Sources in Moscow say Severstal may be willing to sell its remaining share to NewsCorp..."

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The Dark Side of Murdoch's Russian Billboard Business content.time.com/time/world/art…
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FBI looking at Murdoch operations in Russia
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"The mystery surrounding the death at sea of Robert Maxwell deepened with the revelation that the British press magnate had looted his employees` pension funds and that at least $900 million...has vanished."

MAXWELL EMPIRE FALLS; MILLIONS MISSING
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"The disgraced tycoon, Robert Maxwell, was due to meet the Bank of England on the day his body was found floating in the Atlantic after he went missing off his private yacht, his sons revealed."

Maxwell was to meet Bank official the day he died, say sons
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July 16, 2004

"News Corp.’s organizational chart consists of no less than 789 business units incorporated in 52 countries, including Mauritius, Fiji and even Cuba."

Who Is Rupert Murdoch?
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