Solntsevskaya "brotherhood." Leaders of the Solntsevo OPG

In the so-called dashing 90-ies in Russia began to actively develop and flourish racket. The people who traded in this business began to unite into stable, cohesive gangs.

One of the largest groups, formed in the late 80's - early 90's, was the Solntsevo organized crime group. And despite the fact that it has been about 30 years since its creation, there are still legends about the activities of this brotherhood.

A bit of history

This grouping was finally formed by 1988 in the territory of Solntsevo municipal district of Moscow. And in 1990, it was joined by a number of criminal gangs: "Chertanov", "Yasenev" and "Cheremushkinsky". A year later, the described criminal group merged with a fairly influential brother from the Orekhovo OPG.

This coalition was named the Solntsevo-Orekhov grouping, led by Sergei Timofeev, nicknamed Sylvester. He was a representative of the "nut", and he also decided on the imminent withdrawal of the said group from the Solntsevo-Orekhovskaya.

According to operational information of those years, in 1990, the criminal group included about 220 people. Every year the number of active members of the organized crime group increased, and by 1994 there were already about 320 of them.

By the end of the 1990s, the Solntsevo brotherhood consisted of 250 members, 180 of whom continued to conduct large-scale criminal activities.

Composition of the OPG

The structure of the criminal coalition included fairly well-known factions. It included:

1. Nut-borisovskaya, whose leader was Timofeev Sergei, nicknamed Sylvester, whom we already mentioned. He was a very respectable person in criminal circles and like-minded people of the notorious Mikhas and Avera.
2. Kuntsevskaya: its leader was the Lexic.
3. Kemerovo: leader - Italian.

Spheres of influence

The presence of a large number of active, arrogant and fearless cutthroats gave the Solntsevo group the opportunity to rapidly subvert various spheres of business and big business.

So, in the 90s under the so-called roof of this group were the restaurant "Havana" and "Bombay", the casino "Maxim", a number of beer bars located along Udaltsova street, and the hotel "Salute".

It is worth noting that many members of the gang began their criminal activities by extorting money from ordinary street thimblers. However, for such a large grouping, "roofing" of ordinary street "threw" was not a very profitable business. Therefore, during the following year the Solntsev Mafia acquired total control over the gambling business in Gagarinsky district of Moscow.

"New Horizons"

Then Solntseva's brother began to smuggle, sell drugs, sell cars and weapons. There were "crafts" and more serious, such as organizing and engaging in prostitution, kidnapping, extortion and murder.

By 1993, the "Solntsevo" reached a new level and, along with the criminal business, engaged in quite legal activities. Since that time, the members of the group began to channel large cash flows into the organization of firms and credit organizations. Thus, by the mid-1990s, more than 100 organizations with various statutory activities and 120 banks throughout the whole of Russia were opened to representatives of the Solntsevo mafia.

At the same time, the sphere of influence of the group expanded beyond Moscow. Pushkin and Odintsovo districts of the Moscow region were also taken under the "roof". For example, the gang belonged to a well-known market on "Gorbushka", where the monthly profit from each entrepreneur averaged about $ 500.

Where does money come from?

Members of the "Solntsevskaya" organized crime group tried to extract money from various spheres of activity. They crushed under the car market "Solntsevo", taxi drivers working on the territory of the Kiev railway station, Sheremetyevo-2 and Vnukovo. They also received money from entertainment establishments in controlled areas.

Huge income Solntseva fraternity received from hotels "Cosmos", "University", "Central House of the tourist", the casino "Valerie" and "Maxim". They also roofed merchants trading in the markets of the South-West and Luzhniki markets.

Capturing of new territories

As stated above, the criminal grouping described did not limit its activities to Moscow alone and the surrounding area. Their influence "solntsevskie" quickly enough, for example, in cities such as Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Togliatti and others.

The Solntsevo fraternity became so powerful that even a number of Baltic, Latvian OPGs paid them a "tribute".

On the proceeds of money, members of a criminal group Actively bought real estate abroad: in Spain, France, Greece, the USA, Cyprus, Poland and Hungary. It is known that in the center of Vienna at the Solntsevo mafia was located the so-called central office. But all the important holidays members of the OPG liked to celebrate in Prague.

The leaders of the "Solntsevo"

The official leaders of this OCG are:

• Sergey Mikhailov, nicknamed Mikhas;
• Victor Averin, nicknamed Avera Sr.;
• Alexander Averin named Avera Jr. or Sasha-Avera;
• Alexander Fedulov named Fedul.

It is believed that the founder of the Solntsevo group is Mikhas, since it was in the 80s of the last century that he united under his "wing" the so-called adherents. Later, they became active members and leaders of the "Solntsevo" brotherhood.

The active participation in the formation of the gang was also accepted by Viktor Averin, who was a close friend of Mikhas. By the way, both of them met, working as waiters in the restaurant of the hotel "Sevastopol".

Mikhas

His criminal debut took place back in 1984, when he was convicted for giving false testimony and stealing property. Five years later, Mikhailov was again detained by law enforcement officers on suspicion of extortion and possession of weapons. However, this time he managed to avoid a criminal record (they say that thanks to the connections in state structures).

In 1993, Mikhas again fell into the field of view of the police. This time he was suspected of involvement in the murder of Valery Vlasov (director of the casino Valerie).

It is noteworthy that, despite the questionable biography, in 1995, Michas managed to become an honorary consul in Moscow from Costa Rica. In this position he did not stay long, as the criminal moments of his biography began to emerge.

In the same year, Mikhailov moved to permanent residence in Switzerland, where a year later he was taken into custody on charges of money laundering and illegal acquisition of real estate in the country.

It is believed that Mikhas was involved in at least the organization of four contract killings (including the brutal murder of Vlad Listyev). He was also suspected of money laundering in Israel and the organization of uninterrupted drug trafficking through Russia to Europe.

Since 1996, it was Sergei Mikhailov who was regarded as the sole and full-fledged leader of the Solntsevo group. At the same time, he supervised the activities of the organized crime group, Mikhas, while abroad.

Brothers of Averina

As already mentioned, Victor Averin (who is also Avera Sr.) stood at the sources of the Solntsevo grouping together with Mikhailov. They are considered the founders and leaders of this OPG.

Avera-senior tried to build a gang in the image of the American mafia, while making certain adjustments related to the Russian mentality. This group was not built on the principles of thieves' law. Averin, Sergey Mikhailov and Alexander Fedulov formed a gang of a completely new type.

It was Avera Sr. who introduced mandatory for all members of the group visiting gyms and shooting galleries. He also excluded and severely punished those "fighters" who tried to join in the use of drugs and alcohol.

Having founded the Solntsevo group, he pulled up his younger brother. Alexander Averin (aka Avera Jr.) quickly joined the gang and even became one of its leaders.

Currently, both brothers live permanently abroad, from where they lead the "work" of the criminal group.

Authority

In addition to Mikhas, Fedul and the Averin brothers, the Solntsevo group included such authoritative personalities as:

• Evsei, who is also Semyon Shorin, who was responsible for the safety and distribution of the obshchak, as well as for communication with law enforcement agencies.
• Yuri Denisov is a kind of treasurer of a criminal group. He had a long-standing friendly relationship with Mikhais and was his personal economist. He also took an active part in all the financial machinations of the group (with gold, cars, transportation of money abroad).
• Jamal Khachidze (born in 1937), nicknamed Jemal - a recognized thief in law, the highest light of the underworld. He was a mentor and judge of the OPG.
• It is worth noting that this criminal group had a strict hierarchy and differentiation of duties and roles. Her every authoritative member had his own sphere of activity, which he supervised and for which he personally answered the leaders of the organized crime group. Also, all the authorities had their own fighters, who unquestioningly fulfilled all the instructions of the leaders.

For example, Nadir is an approximate Mihai. His criminal duties included supervising the automobile business, connected with the theft of domestic cars and foreign cars. In his submission, there was a whole staff of qualified hijackers, as well as masters for the interruption of license plates on motors, car bodies.

No less significant are Andrei Skrylev and Semyon Mogilevich - Sergey Mikhailov's true friends. They ran a gambling business on the territory of Moscow and the Moscow region. True, in a certain period Skrylev was in disfavor with Mikhas because of drug use. Semyon Mogilevich was also a reliable ally and responsible executive of all the orders of Mikhailov.

Smoked, he is Sergey Gerasimov, was responsible for the automobile transportation to Vnukovo. And Anatoly Anisimov, aka Budel, controlled the Vietnamese community in Moscow and the region. In addition, he oversaw car centers in Solntsevo and Kuntsevo, as well as car centers Mercedes and Volvo.

Another of the notable personalities - Anatoly Nuriyev - vice-president of the joint stock company Ochakov. Provided the gang with uninterrupted technical maintenance of cars. It was at his station that the stolen cars, spare parts, and also the numbers were being kept. A Aram Atayan started with the fact that he controlled thimblers and other street people "threw". Then he began to supervise casinos and gambling clubs in Moscow.

Solntsevsky is no more?

Despite the fact that now in the reports of law enforcement agencies information about the Solntsevo mafia is practically not flashing, this does not mean that this OPG ceased to exist. It continues to be sufficiently large-scale and influential. And the activity of the mafia continues to be carried out both on the territory of Russia and the countries of the former CIS, and abroad.

Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Rostov-on-Don and Chelyabinsk are far from complete list of those cities where the Solntsevo group continues its criminal activities.

Instead of concluding

Already more than 40 years, many people have a fear with the phrase "Solntsevskaya bratva" alone. The history of the formation of this group is rooted in the turbulent 1990s of the last century.

This OCG was built on a completely new for that time principles and laws, due to which it managed to survive to this day, without losing its power and influence. But this criminal group, unfortunately, is also obliged to corrupt law enforcement agencies and other state structures.

On the account of this grouping a huge number of crimes, including such grave as murder, extortion, involvement in prostitution and the organization of brothels, trade in arms and drugs. However, despite such a number of criminal acts, only a few of them were disclosed, and the persons who committed them were brought to criminal liability.