Well-known Editor Murdered
Intercon's Daily 2/26/97 p.2

Vadim BIRYUKOV, the 64-year-old editor of a prominent business magazine and former KGB employee, was found dead on Tuesday in an apparent robbery-related slaying. He was found in his garage, with his hands tied behind his back, beaten, and with a fatal blow to the head, according to Russian television.

His Nissan car was missing and Moscow police do not beleive his death is connected to his work as a reporter. Biryukov has been deputy editor of Delovie liudi (Business People) and chief editor of the magazine's English language edition since 1995. He joined Delovie liudi in 1990, prior to which he worked for the Soviet TASS news agency for 13 years.