21.   At first, suspicion fell on Russian mobsters.

22.   But they said they still suspect him of trying to hire a Russian mobster in an unsuccessful plot to kill a Bremen man because of private business debts.

23.   Contract killings of businessmen have become increasingly frequent as Russian mobsters fight to establish control over profitable banks and businesses.

24.   Contract killings of businessmen have become increasingly frequent, as Russian mobsters fight to establish control over profitable banks and businesses.

25.   Contract killings of businessmen have become increasingly frequent as Russian mobsters fight for control of profitable banks and businesses.

26.   Federal authorities said the liquor, disguised as industrial alcohol, was sold by Russian mobsters on the black market as beverage alcohol.

27.   Federal prosecutors said all five were abducted, blackmailed and killed by Russian mobsters.

28.   Five people whose bodies were pulled from a reservoir near Sacramento had been abducted, blackmailed and killed by Russian mobsters, the U.S. attorney said Thursday.

29.   FBI agents are demanding blood, hair and saliva samples from four men charged in a kidnapping scheme allegedly tied to Russian mobsters, authorities said.

30.   He would neither confirm nor deny a Boston Herald report that Machoukov was connected to known Russian mobsters in Boston and Canada.