MOSCOW, February 11, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - Police have dropped the search for presidential candidate Ivan Rybkin, who mysteriously disappeared several days ago, and closed the case, Kirill Mazurin, chief of the information and public relations department of Moscow's main interior department, told reporters on Wednesday.
"Moscow police have not yet met Mr Rybkin or his wife, but will do it in the near future," said the police spokesman.
Mr Rybkin returned to Moscow from Kiev on Tuesday night.
