Russia has offered US$10 million for information leading to the
exposure of the murderers of the four Russian embassy workers in
Iraq, a top Security Service official announced in Moscow on
Friday.
"The Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee will pay a reward
in the amount of US$10 million for information that will lead to a
result," Federal Security Service Director Nikolai Patrushev told
reporters after a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
Putin on Wednesday ordered Russian secret services to take all
measures to "locate and destroy" those responsible for the deaths
of four Russian diplomats in Iraq, the Kremlin said.
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed the death of
the four diplomats who were kidnapped on June 3 in Baghdad by the
Mujahedeen Shura Council, which is believed to be an umbrella
organization grouping several insurgent groups in Iraq including
the al-Qaida network.
The group announced on Sunday that it had killed the four
Russian diplomats.
(Xinhua News Agency July 1, 2006)
