September 26, 2002

Sibur executives Yakov Goldovsky and Yevgeny Kovshits are declared guilty of abuse of office and sentenced to seven months in prison by Moscow court; court immediately releases them because they already served time during trial (S)

Caryn James Critic's Notebook column on darkening depiction of police work; reviews CBS programs Robbery Homicide Division, with Tom Sizemore, Without a Trace, with Anthony LaPaglia, and NBC's Boomtown, with Donnie Wahlberg and Neal McDonough; photos (M)

Sergei P Kukura, first vice president of Russia's Lukoil who was kidnapped on his way to his office in Moscow, reappears after 12 days in captivity; company spokesman refuses to give any further details, other than to say that $6 million ransom demanded by kidnappers after abduction was not paid; Russian oil trading company Runicom, pursued in Russian courts by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, disappears; bank has been pursuing Runicom in court for three years over $17.5 million, part of loan that bank says firm has not repaid; judge in case receives postcard in mail saying company is not at address in Lausanne, Switzerland, that it had given on court papers in February; international operator in Switzerland says there is no telephone listing for Runicom in any city; bank representative says it will try to pursue Runicom in Swiss courts (M)

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein chief executive Leonhard Fischer resigns; Dresdner Bank chief executive Bernd Fahrholz will take over Fischer's responsibilities (S)

Larry Silverstein's $7-billion claim that World Trade Center suffered two separate terrorist attacks suffers blow as Federal Judge John S Martin rules that 3 of 20 insurers owe leaseholder insurance payments for only single attack; Silverstein, who says extra money is needed for rebuilding of Lower Manhattan, settled earlier with two other insurers; trial will determine other cases (S)