1.   Among other duties, he will oversee the tax police.

2.   And though the newly promoted Kulikov has tens of thousand of tax inspectors and tax police at his disposal, some experts doubt he will be effective.

3.   Berlusconi has accused the tax police of extortion.

4.   Berlusconi is accused of complicity in the payment of bribes to the tax police by four companies within his Fininvest business empire.

5.   Berlusconi is also under investigation by the Milan magistrates in connection with bribes purportedly paid to the tax police by his vast business empire, Fininvest.

6.   Berlusconi next year faces trial on charges of paying bribes to the tax police.

7.   After Fyodorov issued orders for the tax police to confiscate dachas, private planes and vacation homes, Gazprom said it would reach a settlement.

8.   Business executives tell dark tales of harassment by tax police and fire safety inspectors for those who buck the mayor.

9.   Business people tell dark tales of visits by tax police and fire safety inspectors to those who defy the mayor.

10.   But after the tax police came after Mavrodi on Thursday, he announced the closing of all MMM offices.