81.   Contract killings are often used to settle business disputes in Russia, and such hits have become increasingly widespread in recent years.

82.   Contract killings have become so common in Russia they often rate only a few paragraphs in the papers.

83.   Contract killings have claimed the lives of hundreds of prominent businessmen and public officials since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

84.   Dagestan has seen waves of violence in recent years, including several attacks blamed on Chechen militants and occasional contract killings among business rivals.

85.   Dozens of contract killings are committed in Moscow and other Russian cities every year, often involving battles for control of companies or other valuable assets.

86.   Dozens of contract killings are committed in Moscow and other Russian cities every year.

87.   German prosecutors initially called the murder a contract killing by the Iranian spy agency.

88.   He frequently told friends that he had been blackmailed by racketeers, and his death is believed to be a contract killing, ITAR-Tass said.

89.   His paper had published a series of articles about contract killings, local gangsters, and alleged embezzlement by city officials.

90.   He was also accused of being involved in setting up several other contract killings, the ITAR-Tass news agency said.