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Alfred Kohl, the former Chairman of the State Property Commission, the Russian ministry charged with privatizing the Russian economy, was denied entry to the United States on December 23. The INS declined to give a reason. Kohl held his position as Chairman from September 1996 to August 1997 when he resigned. He then served as a deputy prime minister until March of 1998. Under Kohl's administration of the State Property Commission a small group of banks and individuals were able to take charge of several desirable businesses in the energy and metals sector. In May of 1998 the Moscow prosecutor's office brought charges of embezzlement against Kohl, making him one of the highest ranking officials of post-Soviet Russia to be charged with criminal corruption. He has also come under fire for accepting a $ 90,000 advance for a book about privatization, a huge sum in Russia where millions live below the poverty level.
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