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. Dasaro was the first American citizen with direct ties to the embassy to be murdered since perestroika.[1]
After his death, the Moscow press stated that he was homosexual and frequented gay bars.[1]
Career
Dasaro graduated from Harvard University in 1981, where he focused on Russian studies.[1][2]
In the late 1980s Dasaro was a contract employee in the economics section of the U.S. embassy in Moscow.[1] President Boris Yeltsin had given him the title of "economic counselor".[3]
Dasaro was employed by the International Finance Corporation, the commercial wing of the World Bank, where he focused on privatization initiatives for Russian industrial companies. He later joined the Accounting firm, Ernst and Young, where he worked for the two months prior to his death.[3]
