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Crisis center opened to shut down Moscow Cherkizov bazaar

25 June 2009 14:47 (UTC +04:00)

Representatives of all law-enforcement bodies of Russia are working there, APA reports quoting Interfax agency. Bastrikin said â€œthis nest of vipersâ€ in the center of Moscow should be shut down.

Bastrikin called the Chrekizov bazaar â€œa state within a stateâ€. â€œThey have own police, judiciary, prosecution, customs and its infrastructure, including the prostitution houses. They said there were such people who didnâ€™t leave the bazaar for years because there was everything for lifeâ€.

Bastrikin said the Russian Prosecutorâ€™s Office was investigating the import and sale of the products threatened the life and health of Russian customers. Most part of those goods â€“ children clothes and shoes â€“ was stored in the Cherkizov bazaar, in the storages of AST Group of Companies without documentation. Bastrikin said owner of those goods of $2 billion was wanted for 4 months.

AST Group of Companiesâ€™ owner is Azerbaijan-born Russian businessman of Jewish origin Telman Ismayilov.