Wednesday, December 19, 2007

RUSSIAN ROULETTE



Russian tennis star Anna Chakvetadze was tied up by masked robbers who broke into her home in Moscow, Tuesday and stole money and goods worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The thieves made off with more than $200,000 in cash.

WHAT!!!!!!!! They had $200,000 dollars in their house?

There seems to be a basic mistrust of the Russian banking system.

The player was bound for 30 minutes in her home outside Moscow but not seriously hurt.

Six assailants approached the home before dawn, tied up a maid in another building and forced her to hand over a remote control enabling them to enter the house through the garage.

Chakvetadze reached a career-high ranking of No. 5 in September, following her first run to a Grand Slam semifinal. She won four singles titles and about $1.4 million in prize money in 2007, her best season since turning pro in 2003.

Money Carlo may soon have a new resident.

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