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Michael Dasaro

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Michael Dasaro (died November 13, 1993) was an American businessman who was murdered in Moscow, Russia near the American Embassy at the time.[not verified in body] Dasaro was the first American citizen with direct ties to the embassy to be murdered since perestroika.[not verified in body][when?] President Boris Yeltsin gave him the title of "economic counselor".[1][2][3][excessive citations]

Private life

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After his death, the Moscow press stated that he was homosexual and frequented gay bars.[1]

Career

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Dasaro graduated from Harvard.[4]

In the late 1980s Dasaro was a contract employee in the economics section of the U.S. embassy in Moscow.[1]

Dasaro worked for the International Finance Corporation, the commercial arm of the World Bank, on privatization projects for Russian industrial firms.[citation needed]

Dasaro worked with Ernst and Young.[further explanation needed][citation needed]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c The Wild East, The Atlantic. Seymour M. Hersh.
  2. ^ U.S. citizen found dead in Moscow apartment. UPI. November 16, 1993.
  3. ^ HELP, POLICE! HAS NEW MEANING IN MOSCOW Howard Witt Chicago Tribune Sep 14, 1994.
  4. ^ Gregory Feifer (2006-09-19). "Otherwise Engaged: Crime and Punishment in Moscow" (PDF). ICWA Letters. Retrieved 2023-01-27.