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Ruble rich Russians in trouble
Soviet inspectors crack down on underground millionaires who profit from shortages. Pravda reports Ismail Nurmukhamedov and 26 associates amassed 368,000 rubles in private fortune, selling state goods at high prices. Nurmukhamedov was sentenced to death. 24 others to strict regime labor camps. Lazishvili and Metzaberidze built an empire buying nylon bags and diverting materials, with factory officials implicated. cases await court verdicts. The drive warns citizens against rapid wealth under socialism.
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Moscow
OBKSS
Ismail Nurmukhamedov
Tashkent
Communist Party
Pravda
Nurmukhamedov
Supreme Court of the Republic of
Uzbekistan
Otari Lazishvili
Tbilisi
Georgia
Lazishvili
Trud
G. Metzaberidize
Matzaberidze
Metzaberidze