Russian Prosecutor General's Office Confirms Money Laundering Charges Against Gusinsky Moscow, April 24

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has confirmed that media mogul Vladimir Gusinsky is facing charges of money laundering and that an international warrant for his arrest has been filed. Head of the Prosecutor General's Office Information and PR Department Leonid Troshin told RIA Novosti on Tuesday that the Prosecutor's Office had ruled to arrest Gusinsky for illegal money laundering on Sunday. On the same day the National Bureau of Interpol issued an adequate warrant. Altogether, the previously filed fraud charges remain effective.

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