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Embassies in Russia operating casinos |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 21 April 2011 16:35 |
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Games of chance have been on earth since the dawn of human history and there is no way governments could eradicate them. The last witness standing to this statement is the Russian government who revealed that a part of the North Korean Embassy in Moscow has been illegally used as a casino. Since Russia banned casinos in major cities back in 2009, the casino industry went underground and gamblers can indulge their habit illegally. Officials stated that especially foreign embassies snatched the opportunity to earn extra foreign currency to fund ailing economies of their home countries and the Korean Embassy is just the tip of the iceberg. Embassies have one vested advantage – special territorial rights that apply on their properties, thus making it impossible for the police to intervene.
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