51.   At least two candidates for parliament have been murdered, allegedly in contract killings.

52.   Arrests and convictions for contract killings are almost unknown.

53.   Authorities said the attack against Aulov was probably an attempted contract killing.

54.   Authorities say it was a contract killing and are searching for two suspects.

55.   Authorities say it was a contract killing and are conducting an intensive hunt for the killer or killers.

56.   Bomb attacks and contract killings have become common in Russia as increasingly assertive mobsters battle for turf or vie to establish control over profitable businesses.

57.   Businessmen have become frequent targets of contract killings, kidnappings and extortion in Russia in the past three years.

58.   Bulatov died after gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at a car he was driving last Wednesday in what police called a likely contract killing.

59.   Businessmen are frequent targets of contract killings.

60.   But Ostankino officials suggested it was a contract killing ordered by shady businessmen.