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	Andrey Lukanov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Andrey Karlov Lukanov (Bulgarian: Андрей Карлов Луканов) (September 26, 1938 - October 2, 1996) was a Bulgarian political figure.
		Lukanov was born in Moscow, Russia to an exiled communist family.
		Lukanov became a leading member of the reformist wing of the communist party, and served as Bulgaria's last communist prime minister, from February 3, 1990 to December 7, 1990.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andrey_Lukanov (436 words)

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		Dmitry Lukanov is in position 1 at the end of the lap.
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		Lukanov was a long time member of the ruling communist elite in Bulgaria and was a major player in the power struggle within his party (now called Socialist).
		At a party plenum in March of 1996 Lukanov criticized the present BSP leadership of the Bulgarian prime minister Zhan Videnov for using Stalinist state methods by merging the party structures with police authorities.
		Born in Moscow in 1938 to a family of Bulgarian communist emigrants, Lukanov was a graduate of the Moscow Institute for International Relations.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/96-10/oct02.html (452 words)

	Crime and Corruption
		Coming from a family with a long communist tradition, Lukanov was a candidate member of the Bulgarian Communist Party Politburo from 1979- 1989, minister of foreign economic relations from 1987-1989, and deputy prime minister from 1976-1987.
		Lukanov -- an outspoken critic of Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader and Prime Minister Zhan Videnov -- belonged to the BSP top leadership until 1994 and even afterward remained one of the key power brokers within the party.
		In July, Lukanov was dropped as chairman of the board of the Russian-Bulgarian Topenergy company.
	www.angelfire.com /bc/govori/Crime.html (1294 words)

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		Lukanov, on his side, told reporters that such a change had not taken place.
		In the meantime, the removal was also confirmed by Topenergy executives (INT, N. Observers have noted that Lukanov's position in Topenergy was in flagrant conflict of interest with his status as member of parliament for the ruling Socialist Party.
		With presidential elections coming up, the media is wondering whether the motives for Lukanov's murder were political or economic, a distinction which seems to have little relevance in the case of someone such as Lukanov.
	www.blythe.org /Intelligence/readme/excerpts.int45 (2128 words)

	Southeast Europe Online
		Andrey Lyapchev became Prime Minister of Bulgaria in a coalition formed by the Democratic Alliance and the National-Liberal Party (until 1931).
		Andrey Lukanov became Prime Minister of Bulgaria (resigns in November 1990).
		Andrey Lukanov, former Bulgarian Prime Minister (BSP), was assasinated in Sofia.
	www.southeasteurope.org /subpage.php?sub_site=11&required=c_info/c_info&doc=timeline&site=3&subj=9 (2159 words)

	Maxwell- Mogilevich -Russian Mafia in Bulgaria -5 Guilty in Lukanov Mur
		Andrei Lukanov was also a representative of the giant energy Gazprom in Bulgaria through TopEnergy.
		The BBC (8Mar03) reported that: “Mr Lukanov, who masterminded the downfall of Bulgaria's long-serving communist leader Todor Zhivkov in 1989, was found shot in front of his Sofia home in October 1996.
		At the time, Bulgarian media said Mr Lukanov's death was a contract killing related to his business activities.” In 1995, Ilya Pavlov replaced Lukanov as head of TopEnergy (the joint venture with Gazprom).
	www.usenet.com /newsgroups/soc.culture.baltics/msg04564.html (1495 words)

	CEELI - Bulgaria Update - November 2003
		Sofia, November 2003 (CEELI - Sofia) On November 28, 2003, the Sofia City Court convicted Alexander Rusov, Alexey Kichatov, Georgi Georgiev, Angel Vasilev and Yuri Lenev, all accused in the case concerning the murder of Andrey Lukanov, a former Prime Minister.
		According to the court, Alexander Rusov is the chief actor in the murder commanded by Angel Vasilev, a construction entrepreneur.
		Andrey Lukanov served as Prime Minister in 1990; he was shot dead in front of his home on October 2, 1996.
	www.abanet.org /ceeli/countries/bulgaria/nov2003.html (664 words)

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		Lukanov, and excerpts from the interview with him are provided at the end of Chapter 3.
		He tells of the violent small-scale vendettas that had plagued Bulgarian politics since the end of the First World War and of his epiphany that these had to cease and that political opposition had to be tolerated.
		Pieces from the Lukanov interview are inserted in which he explains why the BSP emerged victorious.
	www.bsos.umd.edu /gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/meloneal.html (1910 words)

	[02 Oct 1996] GA/9112 : BULGARIAN MINISTER TELLS ASSEMBLY OF ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER; PRESIDENT ...
		The Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, Gueorgui Pirinski, departing from his prepared statement, told the General Assembly today that a former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Andrey Lukanov, had been assassinated this morning in Sofia.
		Lukanov, he said, had been an active member of Parliament at the time of his death and a lifelong promoter of democratic values; he had been well known at the United Nations.
		Departing from his text, the Foreign Minister also referred to the assassination this morning of a member of Parliament and former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Andrey Lukanov -- a man who had been instrumental in the economic reforms and democratization of Bulgaria.
	www.un.org /news/Press/docs/1996/19961002.ga9112.html (3657 words)

	OMRI Daily Digest, Vol. 2, No. 193, 96-10-04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Andrei Nikolaev, says he has already made proposals to the Russian leadership that are scheduled to be discussed at the CIS summit in Almaty.
		Similar strikes and mass protests led to the resignation of then-Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov in 1990, paving the way for the SDS accession to power in 1991.
		that Lukanov planned to disclose proof of corruption in the highest echelons of power by 20 October.
	www.hri.org /news/agencies/omri/1996/96-10-04.omri.html (1781 words)

	OMRI Daily Digest, Vol. 2, No. 192, 96-10-03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Political forces and institutions on 2 October condemned the murder of former Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov as an attack on democracy, Bulgarian and Western media reported.
		Police have so far not indicated whether they have a firm lead in former Bulgarian Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov's murder, and it remains unclear whether the motives for the killing are political, economic, or both.
		While many observers seek the motives for the murder in the realm of politics, Lukanov's role as a successful businessman with ties to influential -- and sometimes controversial -- business groups has fueled speculation that the murder might have an economic rather than political background.
	www.hri.org /cgi-bin/brief?/news/balkans/omri/1996/96-10-03.omri.html (2180 words)

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		The government approved a proposal by Interior Minister Nikolay Dobrev on 3 October to step up security in the wake of former Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov's murder, Trud reported.
		Novinar reported that on 27 September, an explosive device was found in Lukanov's car when he visited his hometown of Pleven.
		Political scientist Andrey Raychev, a close friend and political ally of Lukanov's, told Kontinent that Lukanov planned to disclose proof of corruption in the highest echelons of power by 20 October.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/96-10/oct04.omri (1587 words)

	24 Hours Daily
		A few yards away from the Sofia locality, where Bulgaria’s ex-Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov was shot, two intriguing firms found a nestling place several months ago, 24 Hours reveals.
		They were registered in one and the same day, under Court entries 6673 and 6674, with the same address of residence at 9 Frederick J. Curie Street in Sofia’s Iztok area.
		Lukanov’s home and murder scene was on nearby Latinka Street.
	www.geocities.com /svaglenov/orugie1.htm (3636 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Lukanov, who was prime minister between February and December 1990, was shot dead in Sofia on 2 October 1996.
		Lukanov reportedly came into conflict with the Orion business group that allegedly had close ties to Videnov, spurring widespread speculation that Videnov might have had a role in Lukanov's death.
		Hundreds of Roma gathered in the northern Bulgarian town of Lom on 21 October to protest the local electricity provider's decision to cut electricity supplies to their neighborhood because of unpaid bills, bnn news agency reported.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2002/10/4-SEE/see-221002.asp?po=y (2316 words)

	New Balkan Politics - Issue 3
		At the centre of this issue stood the Bulgarian conglomerate Multigroup, as well as the former member of the Bulgarian Politburo and first prime minister of Bulgaria, Andrey Lukanov.
		Born in Moscow, Lukanov, who was killed in autumn 1996, had excellent contacts with Russia up to the end of CP rule as minister for foreign trade.
		Gazprom tried to use its stake in the Multigroup subsidiary Topenergy, in which Lukanov for a while had the post of a board member, to gain control over the Bulgarian gas network for the next 50 years.
	www.newbalkanpolitics.org.mk /OldSite/Issue_3/bonin.eng.asp (5357 words)

	Index Lo-Ly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On July 9, 1992, during the rule of Prime Minister Filip Dimitrov, Lukanov was arrested and was held in custody for six months during a period when he was investigated for allegedly having enriched (1980s) his purse from the public coffers.
		He was shot and killed as he left his downtown apartment building in Sofia.
		Witnesses said Lukanov was shot twice from close range, once in the head and once in the chest, by a lone gunman, who ran away afterward to a car parked nearby.
	www.manic-raven.com /rulers/indexl4.html (14767 words)

	Bulgaria
		The five defendants (three Bulgarians and two Ukrainians) in the trial of the 1996 murder of former Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Sofia City Court on November 28; however, all of the defendants appealed the ruling to the Sofia Appellate Court.
		On March 7, Iliya Pavlov, reportedly head of Bulgaria's largest organized crime organization, was shot and killed in Sofia a day after he testified about his professional relationship with Lukanov in the murder case.
		However, all indications from official and independent sources were that his death was linked to his reported organized criminal activities and not to his testimony.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27830.htm (9988 words)

	Bulgarian perspectives - What the newspapers say - Comment news
		The total check on all the major privatization deals, aiming at legal de-privatization, is the news which draws each potential investor nearer to the critical level of the calculated risk.
		Regardless what calculation the next attack of Prosecutor General Nikola Filchev arises, the net effect from it could be commensurate with the consequences from the moratorium on the foreign debt, announced by the late Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov, and the financial crisis in 1996, when Bulgaria was taken out of the international investment map.
		All arguments for and against the massive check on privatization deals were put in the forefront in previous statements by Bulgarian socialists and the National Movement Simeon II for a re-privatization offensive.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/bulgarian-perspectives---what-the-newspapers-say/id_2840/catid_27 (934 words)

	Standart News - Bulgarian Daily Newspaper On-line Edition \| Стандарт Нюз - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Court of Appeal in Sofia overturned the life sentences of five men charged with the 1996 assassination of former Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov after the defence put forward the argument that the sentences were based on a self-confession by one of the men, Yurii Lenev, who claimed he had been tortured by police.
		The Ukrainian citizens Alexander Rusov and Alexei Kichatov, who are the alleged assassins of the former head of state, were released after spending nearly seven years behind bars.
		In 1923, functionaries of the People's Covenant and the Military Union staged a coup d'etat against the Alexander Stamboliiski-led cabinet of the BAPU (Bulgarian Agrarian Popular Union).
	standartnews.com /archive/2006/06/09/english (479 words)

	Bulgaria - Missiles - Disarmament - Worldpress.org
		In an interview with Sofia’s conservative Standart News on Aug. 12, retired Gen. Simeon Petkovsky insisted that the nuclear warhead-carrying devices for all SS-23s were destroyed in 1991.
		From 1990 until 2001, two Socialist premiers, the late Andrey Lukanov and Jean Videnov, and their right-wing counterparts, Philip Dimitrov and Ivan Kostov, resisted all U.S. offers to scrap the Bulgarian army’s power of deterrence.
		On May 31, 2002, the United States and Bulgaria signed a memorandum under which the U.S. government will pay for the operation, expected to cost several million dollars.
	www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=810&dont=yes (1170 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2000 - Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The court confirmed the monetary damage award to the victim's family of approximately $3500 (7000 leva).
		Two suspects are known to remain under active investigation for the 1996 murder of former Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov.
		Police arrested one man suspected of being the killer, who remains in police custody while the case is being investigated.
	www.usemb.se /human/2000/europe/bulgaria.html (13014 words)

	Dispatch Supplement VOL. 2, NO 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The main political forces entered into a coalition government in December, after a general strike brought down the second all-socialist government of Andrey Lukanov.
		Political reforms begun in the fall were followed by an ambitious economic reforms in January and February.
		A general strike led by the "Podkrepa" trade union brought down the all-Socialist government of Andrey Lukanov in late November 1990.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/briefing/dispatch/1991/html/Dispatchv2Sup3.html (20238 words)

	Ukrainian-related news stories from RFE
		According to a poll conducted by OBOP on 5-7 October, 32 percent of voters want to support candidates of the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union coalition in the local elections, 20 percent are ready to vote for the Civic Platform-Law and Justice election alliance, and 11 percent for Self-Defense candidates.
		DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR MONEY AMID 'ECONOMIC BOOM.' Speaking at an international economic conference in Minsk on 10 October, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Andrey Kabyakou stated that Belarus's economic model (see "RFE/RL Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine Report," 26 March 2002) has stood the test of time, Belapan reported.
		Kabyakou told participants at the conference that Belarus -- owing to its efficient economic model -- continues to experience a sort of lasting economic boom, with a 4.4 percent increase in GDP in January-August 2002, compared to the same period last year.
	www.infoukes.com /rfe-ukraine/2002/1022.html (3653 words)

	Bnn, Bulgarian news network - online news agency \ Бнм, Българска новинарска мрежа (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		DNA experts testify in favor of Ukrainian defendants in Lukanov assassination trial
		SOFIA (bnn)— DNA experts presented in court Wednesday testimony that could undermine the indictment against two Ukrainians charged with killing former prime minister Andrey Lukanov, an attorney said.
		Official Says Lukanov's Assassination Trial Could Have Been Rigged
	www.bgnewsnet.com /story.php?sid=1843 (197 words)

	Hyper sense psychic paranormal phenomenon Mitko Parashkevov - psychic readings, clairvoyance, business prognosis, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		More than 20 years ago he predicted lots of important events such as the crash of the communist system in Eastern Europe, the USSR disintegration as well as that Eltsin would come to power in Russia.
		He also predicted the assassination of Bulgarian Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov.
		A year earlier he prophesied the terrorist attacks over the World Trade Center in New York.
	phenomenon.hypersense.info /clairvoyance.html (232 words)

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