B EAST Issue #5 ROUGES
The fifth ‘Rogues issue of B EAST Magazine, the New Europe’s provocative fashion and attitude glossy, hit newstands in the fall of 2006. This issue was dedicated to the rogues of Eastern Europe: the mobsters, oligarchs, hucksters, con men and others who give this region its wicked buzz. It was also a swan song for Turkmen strongman, Turkmenbashi, who died suddenly soon after the issue came out.
CONTENTS
The Last Days of the Pirate of Prague
An exclusive interview with con man Victor Kozeny, who defrauded the Czech Republic for hundreds of millions of dollars in the mid 90s, before escaping to Grenada, where he lives in colonial splendor while fighting extradition charges to the US.
Eastern Europe’s Unrepentant Rogues
Inside the scary, wacky worlds of Belarus’ dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, Transdniester’s Igor Smirnov, and Turkmenistan’s Turkmenbashi.
In the Army Now
Intimate portraits of female Israeli soldiers by Rachel Papo, a New York-based photographer who spent time in the Israeli Air Force.
PLUS ++
The training schedule of Poland’s strongest man
Anti-Kaczysnki comics
Fashion Bites: Why Eastern European designers are flocking to London
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