Direct line from the Tambov OPG. How the mafia is friends with the head of the Investigative Committee, ministers and other Putin's entourage (wiretapping)

Born September 9, 1958 in Leningrad. He arrived in St. Petersburg from places of deprivation of liberty in 1995.

Previously engaged in wrestling, but did not achieve much success. He has many acquaintances among athletes. After serving two terms in 1977 (premeditated murder) and in 1984 (negligent murder), he was a "thimblemaker" at the Hay Market, worked under the guise of the Kumarin group and had the nickname "Baby". He put together his own group in the late 80s, uniting under his leadership the "Tambovites", "Kolesnikovites", "Kemerovo", "Komarovtsy", "Perm", "Kudryashov", "Kazan", "Tarasov", "Severodvinsk" , "Saranians", "Efimovites", "Voronezh", "Azerbaijanis", "Krasnoyarsk", "Chechens", "Dagestanis", "Krasnoseltsev", "Vorkuta" and bandits from Ulan-Ude. Each group consisted of 50 to 250 people. The total number of the group is about 2,000 militants.

He was the manager of Nelli-Druzhba LLP and the founder of the Tatti company, which owns a network of commercial stores.

After a showdown with the Tambovites, he fled to Sweden, from where he spread rumors about his death in a shootout. He returned after the failure of the trials of his colleagues. In October 1992, Malyshev and 18 of his closest connections were arrested during the implementation of the development of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the case of businessman Dadonov. On August 25, 1993, the closest associates of Malyshev: Kirpichev, Berlin, Petrov were released on bail. For the release of another colleague - Rashid Rakhmatulin, the Association of Boxers of St. Petersburg, the Russian Federation of French Boxing, the Tonus cooperative and the administration of the prison where he was kept petitioned. Rashid was released, and the supervising prosecutor V. Osipkin, who opposed this, was soon dismissed from the prosecutor's office.

The trial of Malyshev ended in 1995, he was sentenced for illegal possession and possession of weapons to 2.5 years of general regime, but since he spent 2 years and 11 months in the "SIZO", he was released.

Source: Kompromat.Ru, 1996

Alexander Malyshev moved to Spanish Malaga at the very beginning of the 2000s together with Olga Solovieva. In essence, Malyshev fled from Russia. This happened back in the spring of 1998 - after a series of failed assassination attempts on him. In the same year, he managed to obtain Estonian citizenship. When it turned out that during the paperwork, Alexander Ivanovich presented a fake birth certificate, the Estonian authorities imprisoned the newly-made citizen for a whole month. Of course, this was far from Malyshev's first walker - he had previously been under arrest on charges of premeditated murder, banditry and illegal possession of weapons.

After his release, Malyshev hastily left Estonia and took refuge in Spain. Here he appeared already as Alexander Langas Gonzalez, marrying a Hispanic woman and taking her last name.

For the period approximately 2001-2008, according to the Spanish police, the volume of laundered money amounted to more than 10 million euros.

In 2002, Malyshev was detained in Germany on suspicion of forging documents to obtain Estonian citizenship.

On the this moment with Gennady Petrov and Sergey Kuzmin, Malyshev shares the highest place in the hierarchy of the criminal group they created.

Source: " New Newspaper» No. 50 dated 16.07.2008

Dossier:

In the mid-90s, Alexander Malyshev was seen by journalists like this.

Malyshevskaya OCG is the most numerous, but less organized criminal community. He has mafia connections in the middle management of the city. It includes a large number of criminal elements. Dangerous in physical collision. The main goal is large commercial structures (including banks). One of the methods is to get your people to work in structures and firms of interest, to acquire a controlling stake, to train your economic personnel in the official educational institutions of the city.

Spheres of influence: Krasnoselsky, Kirovsky and Moskovsky, part of the Central and Kalininsky districts of St. Petersburg.

hotels: "Oktyabrskaya", "Okhtinskaya", "Pribaltiyskaya",

restaurants: "Polyarny", "Universal", "Petrobir"

markets: automotive in the Frunzensky district, on the street. Marshal Kazakov and allegedly took control of the Nekrasovsky market.

Trade in antiques. Gambling business. Particularly controls Nevsky Prospekt.

Malyshev's residence was located in the Pulkovskaya Hotel, there was an office on Berezovaya Alley (Kamenny Ostrov), where he received businessmen and, in particular, met with Oleg Golovin, chairman of the board of Petrovsky Bank. The mediator in the negotiations was a citizen of Cyprus Getelson.

He maintained contacts with Moscow through the leader of the "winged" group Oleg Romanov (killed in autumn 1994). He created a number of bandit firms: calling prostitutes at home, cafes, saunas, buying up non-ferrous metals, etc.

I used Caucasians to work on knocking out debts. He transferred money to financial institutions (banks) of Cyprus, with their help he achieved influence on the largest banks in St. Petersburg. With the money of Malyshev, the Kiselev Music Center was created, the holidays "Vivat St. Petersburg!" and White Nights of Rock 'n' Roll. Organized the underground production of small-caliber revolvers. At the meeting in 1993, he secured the drug trade, leaving the "Azerbaijanis" only the sale of agricultural products.

After the arrest of Malshev, Moscow thieves in law tried to get their hands on St. Petersburg crime. Andrey Berzin (Trouble) who spoke against this in March 1993 at the Moscow-Petersburg gangway was killed. In the same year, there were attempts on almost all prominent St. Petersburg bandits.

Despite the fact that Malyshev was in prison for a long time, his authority still remained high. Through his lawyers, he continued to manage cases. Its structure by 1995 consisted of 350-400 fighters.

Source: Kompromat.ru, 1996

On June 13, 2008, Alexander Malyshev was arrested in Spain as part of the high-profile Troika operation.
Some time after the high-profile arrests, journalists were able to understand in general terms the essence of the offenses charged against Russian gangsters in Spain.
Firstly, a list of detainees was published on June 13, 2008 in different cities of Spain:

Gennady Petrov;

Yuri Salikov (Petrov's longtime companion);

Yulia Ermolenko (Petrov's legal adviser);

Leonid Khristoforov ( right hand Petrov);

Alexander Malyshev, aka Alexander Lagnas Gonzalez;

Svetlana Kuzmina (wife of Sergei Kuzmin, an old comrade of Petrov);

Leonid Khazin;

Olga Solovieva (civil wife of Malyshev);

Ildar Mustafin (accomplice of Malyshev in the early 90s);

Juan Antonio Felix (Spanish lawyer);

Ignacio Pedro (Spanish lawyer);

Julian Perez (Spanish lawyer);

Zhanna Gavrilenkova (wife of Viktor Gavrilenkov - Stepanych Jr.);

Vitaly Izgilov (Moscow thief in law, nicknamed Vitalik the Beast);

Vadim Romanyuk.

It was in this sequence that their names appeared in the official papers of the Spanish justice. Of those listed, only Zhanna Gavrilenkova and Leonid Khazin were released by the court on bail of 100,000 euros and 6,000 euros, respectively. The remaining thirteen were arrested.

According to journalistic sources, development began several years ago. Since the autumn of 2007, the Spanish police have been actively listening to the mobile phones of those arrested, conducting covert surveillance of them, and recording the arrivals of guests. As part of the international cooperation program, investigators received information from Greece, Germany and Russia.

The press drew attention to the fact that even in the general, descriptive part of the charge, the documents contain accurate data on the past convictions of Petrov, Malyshev, Khristoforov, Kuzmin and Mustafin. Moreover, the Spanish Themis knows which of them and when went through the same criminal cases together and how they met decades ago.

Further, the documents contain information about the hierarchy in the world of the "Russian mafia". According to officials of the Ministry of Justice, after the arrest of Vladimir Kumarin in 2007, Gennady Petrov became the most influential figure. This was due to the huge amount of money he accumulated and his connections with high-profile people from 1996 to 2008. The Spaniards are convinced that Petrov's relationship with Malyshev was not excessively close. Nevertheless, it is Alexander Malyshev who can be called the boss. So, according to one of the reports, “Malyshev depended on Petrov financially, and Petrov on Malyshev - historically. Only Malyshev had the opportunity to order and act by force.

Next to Gennady Petrov, the Spaniards put the figures of Yuri Salikov and Sergei Kuzmin. Yulia Ermolenko is considered to be Petrov's trusted legal adviser. Leonid Khristoforov is also present in the scheme, as a person especially responsible for the security of Petrov's business in Russia.

And in the immediate vicinity of Malyshev, according to the calculations of the Spaniards, is Ildar Mustafin. His area of ​​responsibility is similar to that of Christopher. Alexander Malyshev's personal clerk is called his common-law wife, Olga Solovieva.

Victor Gavrilenkov and his wife Jeanne settled near the Malyshev-Petrov connection. It is thanks to Gavrilenkov that the Spaniards add the brand "Tambov" to the adjective "Malyshevskoe". Indeed, Viktor Gavrilenkov is the brother of Nikolai Gavrilenkov, nicknamed Stepanych, who was killed in St. Petersburg in 1995.

At one time, they peacefully coexisted in the same brigade with Vladimir Kumarin, until nine bullets hit Kumarin in 1994. Kumarin never concealed his certainty that it was the Stepanychis who made the decision to liquidate him. After the assassination attempt, which cost Kumarin his hand, it so happened that Gavrilenkov Sr. was buried in the Kiev-Pechora Lavra, and the younger was shot from machine guns at the Nevsky Palace Hotel in 1996.

Victor Gavrilenkov appeared in St. Petersburg only after the arrest of Vladimir Kumarin - 12 years later.

In connection with the interest in the history of the origin of private property and Russian capital in the provinces of Malaga, Valencia and the Balearic Islands, journalists mentioned Vitaly Izgilov, a Moscow thief in law nicknamed Vitalik the Beast. They did not support the opinion that Izgilov was closely connected with the federal thief in law Shakro-young, who had settled there. They referred to the recordings of Izgilov's telephone conversations legalized in court. According to Spanish law enforcement officers, many films reflect the stereotype of the behavior of Russian gangsters in Spain.

Although the main focus of the charges still concerns tax crimes, nevertheless, all those arrested are charged with two unifying articles of the Spanish Criminal Code - 517th, part 1, 517th, parts 1, 2. They relate to the organization of a criminal community.

The following are accusations under articles: 301 - legalization of proceeds from crime; 390 and 392 - falsification of financial and other documents; 305 - tax crimes against public property; 251 - forged contracts.

An analysis carried out by law enforcement agencies suggests that since the mid-1990s, in Spain, the accused have created several closed joint-stock companies, which received huge funds from the offshores of Cyprus, Panama and the Virgin Islands. In turn, these ZAOs, through their subsidiaries specializing in real estate transactions, laundered money by buying up land and mansions in Spain. The Spanish side directly names two main structures involved in illegal transactions: Inmobiliara Calvia 2001 and Inmobiliara Balear 2001.

In addition to accusations of non-payment of taxes on tens of millions of euros, the Spaniards consider all real estate transactions of these companies illegal and are confident that they will be able to confiscate assets worth 30 million euros. In the meantime, the assets of the detainees and their accounts have been seized. According to the materials of the criminal cases initiated against our "authoritative" countrymen, there are many Russians, whom the Spanish royal prosecutor's office could not take by surprise.

The prosecutor's office believes that in addition to Mikhail Rebo, the financial brain of the "Tambov-Malyshevsky" arrested by the German police in Berlin, the following may be involved in fraud:

Sergei Kuzmin (Petrov's partner);

Salikov's wife Marlena Barbara Salikova (Polish by nationality);

Ruslan Tarkovsky (Mustafin's partner);

Suren Zotov (a major businessman from Russia);

The Botishev family (Sergey, wife Nina, daughter Anna), who own five offshore companies in Cyprus;

Tatyana Solovieva (mother of Solovieva) and Irina Usova (sister of Solovieva),

Dordibai Khalimov;

Boris Pevzner.

Also, the court of Spain has frozen 25 million euros received on the accounts of companies controlled by the defendants from banks in Russia, Panama, the Cayman Islands, the USA, Latvia, Switzerland and the UK.

But the core of the accusations are the materials received from the Spanish tax police.

For example, on May 30, 2005, CJSC Internasion, owned by Gennady Petrov, purchased the SASHA yacht for 3.5 million euros, but did not pay VAT. That is, she hid from paying 530 thousand euros. And on June 22, 2005, Gennady Petrov donated seven large land plots in favor of CJSC Inmobiliara and in return received 4,000,000 shares at a price of 1 euro per share. For which he did not pay taxes.

And there are hundreds of such examples.

The Spanish government is convinced that it understands how money from offshores was legalized through a ZAO. After that, they bought real estate in Spain and Germany. It is not yet clear where the money came from offshore. And whose money was it?

Help. Articles of the Criminal Code of Spain imputed to members of the "Tambov-Malyshevsky" community:
515, 517 - creation of illegal (criminal) associations - up to 12 years in prison;

390, 392 - forgery of an official or commercial document - up to three years in prison;

305 - causing damage to the state treasury of Spain - up to six years in prison;

301 - acquisition of property knowingly obtained by criminal means - up to two years in prison;

251 - assignment of false rights to property - up to four years in prison.

It must be taken into account that, in accordance with Spanish law, punishments under certain articles can be summed up when sentencing.

From the end of the 80s of the last century, criminal brigades began to appear in all regions of the collapsing Union. They did not hide from anyone, they were not afraid of anyone, they acted brazenly and defiantly. Members of gangs stole, kidnapped and killed people, took other people's property for themselves, and all this with virtually impunity. The brigades in large cities were especially cruel, where there was something to divide and what to fight for. Since the beginning of the 80s, the largest association of criminal groups, called itself "Malyshevsky", operated in Leningrad.

History reference

The dashing 90s "gave" Russia the majority of today's oligarchs, businessmen and major politicians. At that time it was very easy to "rise" both in terms of finances and authority. The newly-minted democratic state turned out to be practically defenseless against hundreds of criminal gangs that arose in a “free” society like mushrooms after rain. These gangs were usually headed by strong, charismatic personalities who managed to organize disparate gangs and create a powerful personal army.

The activities of the groupings did not differ in variety. They tried to take control of small and large enterprises, establish their authority in the region and the city and, of course, get a lot of money. To achieve these goals, the bandits did not shy away from any methods: they kidnapped, tortured, threatened and killed people, engaged in raider seizures, theft, robbery and other illegal activities.

The police could not resist the well-armed and merciless bandits. Most government officials preferred to make deals with criminal forces rather than oppose them. The same few who challenged the bandits of the 90s, unfortunately, paid with their lives and the lives of their loved ones.

Those gangsters who were smarter realized in time that such a life is unlikely to last long, so they managed to organize a legal business in time or run away abroad with the money they earned.

History of the Malyshev group

The founder and leader of the group was Alexander Malyshev, a former wrestler, a man with authority in certain circles. By the mid-80s, he managed to commit two particularly serious crimes: premeditated murder and negligent murder. After serving his term, Malyshev was released. For several months he "worked" as a thimblemaker at the Hay market, worked as a porter, was a co-operator, even a member of the board of the joint-stock company.

For some time, Malyshev himself was "under the roof" of the Tambov organized crime group, his foreman was Vladimir Kumarin, a well-known crime boss in St. Petersburg. Gradually, his own team is formed around the charismatic Kid, several disparate gangs unite. Subsequently, this group will become the most influential in the city on the Neva and throughout Russia. Until 1989, the Tambovskiys and Malyshevskiys worked together, but after a ridiculous quarrel between the leaders, they became serious competitors.

Biography of G. Petrov

Gennady Petrov was born in Leningrad in 1947 during the difficult post-war years for the city. Despite his criminal record, he managed to get a job as a foreman at the Moscow railway station, but he became famous for a different reason. In 1987, fate brought him together with Alexander Malyshev, at that time already a well-known crime boss. Petrov joined his team and for several years they worked side by side. But a ridiculous quarrel over a banal leather jacket led to a shootout and the division of the group into two parts.

After the split, the biography of Gennady Petrov took a different turn. He manifests himself as a strong and extraordinary leader. Carries out a certain reform within his team, after which the activities of individual gangs were clearly distributed. Someone was engaged in drugs, someone in hotels, prostitutes and tourism, others carried out the protection of controlled enterprises.

Compound

At first, the group consisted of scattered gangs with their own little "princes" and spheres of influence in certain areas of the city. There were violent clashes, sometimes accompanied by murders, explosions, kidnappings, etc. Since the late 80s, these gangs have united under one command, a clear structure has been created:

• The gang of "Sasha Matros" was engaged in controlling cargo transportation in Russia and abroad, had an official security service.
• The gang of Yuri Komarov covered a large part of the business of the region, collected tribute from companies involved in tourism, camping; on this basis, clashes with other opposing groups often arose, and over time the niche went to the Chechen brigades.
• Pankratov's gang was watching the largest hotel in the city and one of the districts.
• Stanislav Zharinov's gang exercised "supervision" over the service sector in St. Petersburg.

One of the groups controlled the Krasnoye Selo, the other, created from the former prisoners of the colony-settlement, controlled the Oktyabrskaya hotel and the Krasnoselsky district. After separating from the Tambov gang, the leaders of the Malyshev gang, including Gennady Petrov, seriously engaged in the competent distribution of the activities of the controlled brigades, in everything in line with the motto "divide and rule."

Activity

In the dashing 90s, hundreds of enterprising people suddenly became rich, became owners of entire factories, holdings and even industries. And it all started the same way - with the forceful or relatively forceful seizure of property. So the Malyshevskaya brigade began with protecting markets, stalls and small cooperatives and gradually moved on to controlling the largest enterprises in the Northern capital, which formally continued to remain state-owned.

At first, the organized crime group of Gennady Petrov was engaged in raiding, kidnapping and extortion, not caring about the consequences and possible criminal prosecution. Even then, the leader of the Malyshevskys makes influential friends at the very top of power. Over time, legal agencies were created that deal with the same racket, but now the bandits had official permission to carry weapons and conduct security activities. According to some reports, the company "Delta-22" carried out the orders of the leaders of the Malyshev group, was engaged in the abduction and murder of objectionable businessmen.

Legal business

The leader of the Malyshevskaya OPG, G. Petrov, by the age of 40, withdrew from open participation in gang activities. He proved to be a good organizer and manager. He quickly got used to the role of a businessman, successfully carried out transactions, concluded contracts, and, if necessary, resorted to more drastic measures. Petrov managed to make friends with many managers of St. Petersburg, and when they left for the capital in the late 90s and early 00s, he skillfully used his friendship to promote large commercial projects.

The heyday of the group

The years of "heyday" of the Petrov group begin in 1992. Then under the influence of the Malyshevskaya organized criminal group were the largest and richest districts of the city: Krasnoselsky, Kirovsky, Moscow, Kalininsky and Central. All private and state organizations paid a monthly "tribute", in addition, the bandits themselves opened commercial enterprises.

Basically, the leaders of the Malyshev brigade created sex salons, saunas, a small arms factory for the production of small-caliber weapons was opened. Most of the income came from the drug market, here the Malyshevites managed to "move" the Azerbaijanis.

Criminal activity

Over time, the organized crime group of Gennady Petrov went into legal or semi-legal business. Petrov opened a network of gambling establishments in the city and region. Close acquaintances in the city administration and tax services helped him quickly collect Required documents and bypass all possible competitors.

Subsequently, connections with high patrons helped Petrov more than once in business. According to some printed publications, in 1992 he opened a construction company together with Mikhail Shelomov. By the mid-90s, the personality of Gennady Petrov in St. Petersburg and even in Moscow became known in the highest circles. One of his most significant and successful commercial projects was his participation in the leadership of Rossiya Bank.

The name of Petrov is associated with many criminal authorities and businessmen in Russia. Some he knew personally, others he did business with or lived in the neighborhood. So, among his acquaintances were the Kovalchuk brothers, the owners of the Rossiya bank; Gennady Timchenko, well-known Russian entrepreneur and founder of the investment company Volga Group; Vladimir Yakunin, Vladimir Kumarin, leader of the Tambov group; Petrov also spoke with Leonid Khristoforov, who was involved in the murder of Galina Starovoitova.

Life in Spain

In 1996, Gennady Vasilyevich Petrov and Alexander Ivanovich Malyshev were arrested by the Russian authorities on suspicion of banditry and extortion. But Petrov was lucky, he was soon released and immediately, with some of his close associates, moved to permanent residence in Spain, since there were more than enough funds for a comfortable life.

All business in Russia remained under the close supervision of the head, he controlled by phone. Subsequently, it is this habit of discussing cases that will become the beginning of criminal prosecution. Sometimes he personally came to St. Petersburg and Moscow to follow the work of his attorneys.

Operation Troika

The Spanish authorities have always paid close attention to wealthy Russian citizens who came to Europe for business or life. In Spanish prisons at different times there were criminal authorities Shakro Molodoy, Tariel Oniani and Vitaly Izgilov.

The Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon became interested in the case of the Russian businessman; he was already well known in the world in connection with the case of the Chilean dictator Pinochet. Together with the investigating authorities of Spain, the judge analyzed the activities of Petrov and came to the conclusion that he and his people were involved in murders, kidnappings and large-scale tax fraud.

The charges were based on telephone conversations conducted in Spain by Gennady Petrov. The investigation had facts about the connection of the Russian businessman with many influential people in the Russian Federation. He helped transport and “launder” huge funds, including budget funds, as well as solve the problems of competitors. Among his close acquaintances, the Spanish authorities name Anatoly Serdyukov, Viktor Zubkov, Dmitry Kozak and even German Gref.

Investigation

The arrest of crime boss Gennady Petrov received a huge response in the world. It was not about an ordinary criminal, but about a person associated with the government of the Russian Federation. The Spanish and Russian media immediately reacted with a series of reports about the criminal sphere. The criminal investigation lasted 7 years and was eventually presented to the public on more than 400 pages.

Results of the investigation

While the investigation was underway in Spain, Petrov managed to get him released on bail of 1 million euros. Soon he asked to leave the country, allegedly to meet with his elderly mother, but, once in Russia, the businessman got lost and was no longer going to return to Europe. The Spanish authorities have repeatedly sought the extradition of the criminal, to which the investigating authorities of our country have responded with a categorical refusal. Perhaps Petrov's influential connections in higher circles worked.

Today, the exact location of Gennady Petrov is unknown, it is only known that his activities continue. His two sons are involved in large projects, such as the 585 jewelry chain, and also controls construction and financial companies in different regions Russia. The Spanish authorities, in anticipation of a fugitive criminal, gave Petrov's property for charitable detail.

Leader of the Malyshevskaya OCG

Was born: in 1958 in Leningrad

Education: average

Summary: He walked the classic path of a gangster. At first, newspapers wrote about him in connection with the crimes committed and court sentences, and now - in connection with his return to his homeland as a pensioner.

Biography:

He was born in a communal apartment on the corner of Ligovka and Obvodny Canal. Parents were from Pskov peasants. In the atmosphere of the most Spanish place in Leningrad, Malyshev learned to defend his "ten kopecks."

In 1971, his father, a correct Soviet artisan, received a three-room apartment in a nine-story block building on Pionerstroya Street in the Krasnoselsky District. And there, among the district petushniks, his son is at ease. Endowed with strength by nature, he is engaged in freestyle wrestling, slowly becoming a leader.

In August 1975, he entered the Leningrad Mechanical and Instrument-Making College with a degree in metal cutting. But in the fall, he gets involved in an unequal fight with the neighbors on Mechnikov Avenue, kills, for which he receives six and a half years in prison.

In 1979 he was released to a settlement, he joined the Komsomol and left ahead of schedule. After his release, he worked as a barmaid at the Yantar pub in Pushkin, and in the spring of 1983 he became a cloakroom attendant at the Riga bar in his own Krasnoselsky district. Then it was called the prestigious word "bouncer". In a similar position, but in the bar "Tallinn", a guy from Tambov, expelled from LITMO, Vladimir Kumarin, works in those days.

Six months later, Malyshev is again condemned. He sometimes laughs at himself: "I sit all my life for a fist." The second time he clashed in a cafe on Veteranov Avenue because of a girl, after which the victim hit his head on the tile and died. This time three years in prison.

When both came out, the era of Gorbachev and the cooperative movement was already in bloom. Masters of Soviet sports imposed tribute on the emerging bourgeoisie. The word "racket" flashed. When Leningrad was renamed Petersburg in 1991, Malyshev's name was already a brand. And the world of organized crime was divided into thousands of those who swore allegiance to him and into "Tambov". Whatever was going on in the world of power entrepreneurship was associated with him, even if he was not in the know.

In 1992, 17 strong guys are arrested. BUT godfather Malyshev is charged with organizing an armed gang.

Dossier:

In February 2010, the Spanish National Court of Justice announced the release on bail of three Russians suspected of money laundering, financial fraud, tax evasion and organizing a criminal community. The amount of the pledge is 1.4 million euros. Of these, exactly 500 thousand should be contributed by Alexander Malyshev, who is also Alejandro Lagnas Gonzalez, who is also the founder of the so-called Malyshev group, which at one time controlled almost half of St. Petersburg.

behind bars in southern country our compatriots got on Friday, June 13, 2008, after the Spanish police, together with attached units of the national guard, carried out a full-scale military operation. According to official figures, more than 400 people took part in it, who hunted for a group of people of Russian origin in the resorts of Palma de Mallorca, Malaga, Alicante and Marbella. 15 people were taken into custody in Spain and one (by the forces of the special squad of the investigative unit of the Spanish prosecutor's office) in Berlin. The European media then wrote about the triumphant completion of the operation, which lasted several years, code-named "Troika", the main goal of which was "the Russian mafia in Europe."

I can say that in addition to the General Prosecutor's Office of Spain, the work was carried out by employees of five more departments of the police, the customs service and the Central Bank, - Jose Carrau, one of the lead investigators in the case, told Ogonyok at the time. - We have a large number of financial documents, several hundred hours of telephone conversations are recorded. A total of 25 arrest warrants have been issued. Some of the suspects are still hiding abroad, including in Russia.

The detainees were charged under seven articles of the Spanish Criminal Code at once: 515, 517 - the creation of a criminal group; 390, 392 - falsification of official and commercial documents; 305 - causing damage to the state treasury; 301, 251 - acquisition of property obtained by criminal means and misappropriation of rights to another's property. In total, such a set "pulls" for 40 years in prison.

With the light hand of prosecutor Baltazar Garson, famous after the "Pinochet case", the Spanish press began to call the detainees Hermanos de Tambov - "brothers from Tambov." The same name was later included in the official indictment. Although for any Petersburger to call the group of Alexander Malyshev "Tambov" - it's like admitting that Moscow is better than St. Petersburg. Or confuse Sredneokhtinsky Prospekt with Liteiny. Because, unlike the "come in large numbers", it was the "Malyshevsky" who were the root of the St. Petersburg group.

True, for the sake of justice, it must be admitted that with the leader of the Tambovskaya gang, Vladimir Kumarin (who is currently on trial in Moscow), Malyshev was not just familiar: in the mid-80s, the future defendant in a high-profile Spanish criminal case bore the nickname Malysh and hunted for a game of thimbles at the Leningrad Hay Market, which was partially protected by Kumarin. They became irreconcilable enemies later, after a criminal showdown, in which two hundred people took part.

The question of why suddenly in 2008 the Spanish "Troika" ran into a criminal element of Russian origin remains unanswered. Let's try to analyze several versions.

Version one: greetings from home.

In his native St. Petersburg, after leaving abroad for permanent residence, Alexander Malyshev appeared only once - in the fall of 2007. The visit happened after his main enemy, the leader of the Tambovites, Vladimir Kumarin, was arrested. According to experts, this single visit by Malyshev was enough to make "serious people" worried: the redistribution of property in the Northern capital was completed a long time ago, and no one wanted a new round inevitable if Malysh returned. According to rumors, the Ministry of Internal Affairs received a corresponding order, and a voluminous dossier on the Malyshevskys was promptly handed over to the Spanish colleagues.

Perhaps these are just rumors, but in the indictment signed by the investigator of the fifth department of the National Court of Justice Balthazar Garzon, all previous convictions and sins of both Malyshev and Petrov are scrupulously listed. Up to the exact date and time of the crimes and a description of how and where the accused met. It's hard to believe that the Spanish police have been following their "career" since 1977...

Version two: uncivilized business.

According to the official position of the Spanish investigation, the Troika operation began back in 2006 with an inspection of the activities of numerous commercial enterprises established by Alexander Malyshev and Gennady Petrov. The Spaniards believe that the defendants created several closed joint-stock companies, to whose accounts huge sums were transferred from banks located in offshore zones in Cyprus, the Virgin Islands and Panama. The money was spent on real estate transactions, so, according to the police, when buying up plots and houses in Spain, Malyshev and Petrov simply laundered criminal capital. The investigation believes that at least two structures created by business partners were involved in illegal transactions: Inmobiliara Calvia 2001 and Inmobiliara Balear 2001. The prosecution considers all real estate transactions illegal and hopes to confiscate assets worth 30 million euros. Another 25 million transferred to the accounts of these companies from banks in Panama, the United States, Switzerland, Latvia and Russia, has been frozen by court order.

The materials of the Spanish tax authorities also appear at the heart of the accusation. There are several hundred such episodes in the indictment. On May 30, 2005, for example, Internasion, owned by Gennady Petrov, bought the Sasha yacht, paying 3.5 million euros for it. VAT on this purchase was never paid, so 530,000 euros were hidden from the Spanish authorities. In June of the same year, Malyshev and Petrov transferred seven land plots to Inmobiliara, receiving 4 million shares at a price of 1 euro each. No taxes were paid on this transaction.

True, while describing in detail the schemes for conducting financial fraud, the Spanish investigators could not answer one question: it is known from which offshore accounts the money came, and it is already clear how these funds were legalized. But where did the money come from in these offshore accounts?

Version three: big ear.

The Spanish newspaper ABC, which received access to the documents of the National Court of Justice, claims that financial fraud is just the tip of the iceberg. “Throughout the investigation, the police had access to thousands of telephone conversations of the accused - at first there were seven of them, but then there were more. From 230 records, the hair stands on end, the sources say, because these conversations testify to the enormous power of the arrested leaders, their connections in Russia and former republics of the USSR, a whole range of crimes: murders, arms trafficking, drugs, extortion, bribery, illegal transactions, cobalt and tobacco smuggling, contract attacks, threats ... All these operations were managed from Spain, where the mafia leaders moved in 1996 to conspiracies".

This version seems to be the most entertaining. Admittedly, the passage about "leading global mafia operations" is hard to take seriously after the thimbles and shootouts over the stolen leather jacket. But no one takes this seriously - after all, it is not so much about the defendants in the case, but about the business in which they were assigned a certain role. What is this business, who else was involved in it, how the income from it was distributed - these are the key questions that not only the Spanish investigative machine seemed to be trying to find answers to.

The fact that the connections of the “Malyshevskys” are of interest to the investigation in the first place was first reported by the same Spanish newspaper ABC. In her opinion, "the data revealed during the investigation, which lasted two years, indicate that the thieves in law, arrested as part of the Troika operation, had the opportunity to bribe the highest echelons of Russian power, and shamelessly used this opportunity." The newspaper believes that Malyshev and Petrov carried out delicate assignments of high-ranking Russian officials, receiving lucrative contracts in return.

The newspaper did not decipher the degree of delicacy of these instructions, but quite transparent hints appeared in other media - among other things we are talking and about the illegal arms trade, which allegedly involved not so much the former St. Petersburg authorities as their "contacts". The partner in these operations seemed to be the legendary "black merchant" Monzir al-Kassar (his villa in Spanish Marbella is located just a couple of kilometers from Malyshev's villa). Al-Kassar has been widely known among "arms businessmen" since the middle of 79th. He supplied "goods" to Algeria, Libya, Syria, Iran, Bosnia and Croatia, and among his clients were the Palestine Liberation Organization, Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein.

Allegedly, it was this master of the shadow market who became an intermediary in the new business of the "Malyshevsky": they ensured the purchase of weapons and equipment at Russian military factories, and al-Kassar sent the cargo to its destination. They say that it was thanks to the efforts of the founders of this "joint venture" that Hezbollah militants were able to use Metis-M and Kornet anti-tank missile systems in battles with the Israeli army in southern Lebanon in the summer of 2006. The name of another participant in the "concession" is also mentioned: Viktor Bout, who was arrested in Thailand last year and is still in a Thai prison at the American request, allegedly provided transportation of especially valuable cargo to Iran and Syria.

According to sources familiar with this conspiratorial version, the well-established scheme of mutually beneficial shadow business was destroyed by none other than ... fugitive FSB lieutenant colonel Alexander Litvinenko, who passed information to Spanish law enforcement agencies about Russian crime bosses who had moved to Europe. Incidentally, this information is confirmed by the influential Spanish newspaper El Pais, which reported that the fugitive Chekist advised law enforcement agencies in Spain 6 months before the polonium poisoning.

He, in particular, conveyed to the Spanish prosecutors information that thief in law Zakhary Kalashov (better known as Shakro-young) is negotiating the supply of Russian weapons with representatives of the PKK. And it seems that it was after this tip that the police car (which is important - not only Spanish) began to consistently grind the links of the criminal chain.

First, during a special operation of the Spanish police in Dubai on May 7, 2006, Shakro-young was arrested (now he is being held under the strictest guard in a solitary confinement cell in the city of Suera in the Spanish province of Zaragoza). In June 2007, al-Kassar was arrested. In March 2008, Viktor Bout was taken in Thailand. Arrest warrants for both, already in the United States, were issued by the same prosecutor - Michael Garcia. It is worth noting an amusing detail: the composition of the operational groups working on these cases almost completely coincided.

In June 2008, the turn of the "Malyshevsky" came. Incidentally, the day after Operation Troika ended, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba said that the detainees were "leaders of international organized crime" and were accused of "illegal arms trafficking." It is characteristic that subsequently none of the Spanish officials repeated this accusation again - did the minister inadvertently let it slip?

Meanwhile, a few days after the arrest of Malysh and his entire company, al-Kassar was transported from Spain to the United States, where in February last year he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. And if this branch in the investigation of covert weapons operations can be considered completed, the rest of the plots in this story are still with an open ending: it is still not clear how Bout's fate will turn out, and it is not at all clear why Malyshev and his companions were released on bail.

The Spanish press started talking about the fact that such a noisy business was falling apart before our eyes and that Balthazar Garzon was in a hurry to announce his victory over the "Russian mafia". Garson himself, however, does not answer these accusations. In early March, he is going to come ... to Moscow. According to him, in the criminal case of "Russian authorities" there is not enough answer to the key question: what role did the high-ranking Russian officials with whom they contacted play in the dark affairs of Alexander Malyshev and his accomplices? The Spaniards have a list of "contacts", the content of the conversations is known. Garzon sincerely hopes that he will be helped in Russia...

Source: Magazine "Ogonyok" No. 5 of 02/08/2010

In 2012, the National Court of Spain put him on the international wanted list. Russian businessman, having Greek citizenship, Gennady Petrov, his wife and his friend Leonid Khristoforov, whom the Spanish authorities suspect of involvement in money laundering and membership in the Tambov criminal community. Now Gennady Petrov, according to media reports, may be in St. Petersburg. The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region is not yet ready to confirm or deny the information about the search for Gennady Petrov and Leonid Khristoforov.

In the summer of 2008, Spanish law enforcement agencies conducted a large-scale operation "Troika", during which the authoritative businessman Alexander Malyshev and people from his close circle, including businessman Gennady Petrov and Leonid Khristoforov, were detained. This operation, which was led by Judge Baltasar Garzon, was presented by the Spanish authorities as the liquidation of members of the Tambov criminal community. Natives of Russia were suspected of involvement in money laundering, forgery of documents and tax evasion. This operation began with an inspection of the activities of Gennady Petrov's enterprises, through which, according to the Spanish police, money was laundered.

In 2010, Leonid Khristoforov and Gennady Petrov were released on bail of €300,000 and €600,000 respectively. The following year, the Spanish authorities gave Gennady Petrov permission to visit Russia to meet his mother. After this visit, the businessman returned. In April of this year, Gennady Petrov and his wife, as well as Leonid Khristoforov, received permission to go to Russia for treatment. However, they did not return. According to the St. Petersburg online newspaper, Petrov and Khristoforov notified the Spanish authorities of their poor health, confirming their words with medical documents.

Three months later, the national court of Spain, according to the Spanish ACB, issued an international warrant for the search and arrest of Gennady Petrov, his wife and Leonid Khristoforov.

In the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Kommersant was told that a number of information requests from law enforcement agencies of Spain were in the local branch of Interpol. However, the St. Petersburg police are not yet ready to say that it is Leonid Khristoforov or Gennady Petrov who are wanted. The security forces explain this by the fact that, as practice shows, persons in international wanted list often change their personal data. Therefore, it is possible that Leonid Khristoforov or Gennady Petrov may appear in the inquiries of the Spanish authorities, but under different names.

In Russia, Gennady Petrov became widely known only after the Troika operation, when the European media began to write about the Russian mafia. Leonid Khristoforov became famous back in the early 2000s during the trial of the murder of State Duma deputy Galina Starovoitova. He testified against the group of Yuri Kolchin, convicted by the city court of St. Petersburg for technical organization crimes. Leonid Khristoforov told how he sold one of the members of Yuri Kolchin's group the Agram submachine gun, from which Galina Starovoitova was killed.

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Malyshev organized crime group- a large organized crime group operating in St. Petersburg from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.

Grouping creation

The founder of the group was a former wrestler Alexander Malyshev. He had previously been convicted twice for premeditated murder and negligent homicide. After his release, he “worked” as a thimblemaker at the Sennoy market in Leningrad under the guise of the Tambov organized criminal group. In the late 1980s, Malyshev created his own group, uniting Tambov, Kolesnikov, Kemerovo, Komarov, Perm, Kudryashov, Kazan, Taras, Severodvinsk, Saransk, Efimov, Voronezh, Azeris, Krasnoyarsk, Chechens, Dagestanis, Krasnoseltsev, Vorkuta and bandits from Ulan-Ude. Each of these groups consisted of 50 to 250 people. The total number of the group was about 2000 people.

Initially, the Malyshevskaya organized criminal group adjoined the Tambov criminal group. But in 1989, the "Tambovskaya" and "Malyshevskaya" staged one of the first criminal showdowns in Devyatkino. Members of both groups used firearms against each other. After that, the Malyshevskaya and Tambov organized criminal groups became opponents.

Group activities in the early 1990s

After a "showdown" with the Tambov bandits, Malyshev and another active member of the organized crime group and one of its future leaders, Gennady Petrov, were arrested on suspicion of banditry. But Petrov did not get into the first wave of arrests and the first of all the accused was released from prison. Later, Petrov moved to live in Spain, but often came to St. Petersburg and Moscow. And 72 members of the Tambov organized crime group were prosecuted.

Almost immediately after his release, Malyshev fled to Sweden, from where he spread rumors about his death in a shootout. The leader of the "Malyshevsky" returned to Russia after the court acquitted or handed down very lenient sentences, and released all the arrested "Tambov" from custody.

The peak of OCG activity occurred in 1991-1992. At that time, the leader of the organized crime group was often called the "emperor of gangster Petersburg."

In October 1992, Malyshev and 18 of his closest accomplices were arrested during the implementation of the development of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and in the case of businessman Dadonov. On August 25, 1993, Malyshev's closest associates were released on bail: Kirpichev, Berlin and Gennady Petrov. For the release of another colleague - Rashid Rakhmatulin - the Association of Boxers of St. Petersburg, the Russian Federation of French Boxing, the Tonus cooperative and the administration of the prison where he was kept petitioned. Rakhmatulin was released, and the supervising prosecutor Osipkin, who opposed this, was soon dismissed from the prosecutor's office.

After the arrest of Malyshev, Moscow thieves in law tried to put St. Petersburg crime under their control. Andrey Berzin ("Trouble"), who spoke out against this at the Moscow-St. Petersburg "gathering" in March 1993, was killed. In the same year, attempts were made on almost all prominent St. Petersburg bandits.

At the “gathering” in 1993, the Malyshev organized criminal group secured the right to trade in drugs, thereby ousting Azerbaijani bandits from this area.

The trial of Malyshev ended in 1995, he was sentenced for illegal possession and possession of weapons to 2.5 years of general regime, but since he spent 2 years and 11 months in jail, Malyshev was released. Despite the fact that Malyshev was in prison for a long time, his authority in the underworld of St. Petersburg still remained high. Through his lawyers, he continued to manage cases. Malyshev's group by 1995 consisted of 350-400 people.

Group structure

The Malyshevskaya OPG consisted of small brigades:

• Yuri Komarov's group controlled the cities of Zelenogorsk, Sestroretsk, camping, recreation centers, foreign tourism. Komarov had connections with the Zelenogorsk police leadership. For some time, Komarov's group managed to keep Tambov, Kazan and other bandits on their territory under their control. But after the death of the "arbitrator of the bandits" Bondarenko, control in this area passed to the Chechen bandits.
• Sergey Miskarev's group was created by him in a colony-settlement and consisted of about 50 people. Controlled the Krasnoselsky district and the Oktyabrskaya hotel.
• Valery Ledovsky's group controlled gas stations and gasoline transportation and had its own surveillance unit.
• Ghaplanyan's group controlled the drug business.
• The "Sasha Matros" group controlled trucking, had a surveillance service
• The Sharks group controlled the Avtovo area.
• The Zhuk group controlled the Krasnoye Selo area.
• Stanislav Zharikov's group controlled the Kirovsky district and was engaged in pimping.
• Pankratov's group controlled the Okhtinskaya hotel.
• Troitsky's group carried out surveillance and radio interception.

Further activities of the group

One of the methods of activity of the organized crime group was to employ their people in structures and firms of interest, to acquire a controlling stake, to train their economic personnel in the official educational institutions of the city. The group controlled hotels and restaurants, antiques and gambling.

A number of firms were created by the Malyshevskaya organized criminal group - cafes, saunas, buying up non-ferrous metals and others. The ringleader of the organized criminal group served as the manager of Nelli-Druzhba LLP and was the founder of the Tatti company, which owns a network of commercial stores. Malyshev maintained ties with Moscow through the leader of the Krylatskaya group, Oleg Romanov. To knock out debts, Malyshev used Caucasian bandits.

The group's money was transferred to the financial institutions of the banks of Cyprus, with their help Malyshev achieved influence on the largest banks in St. Petersburg. With the money of Malyshev, the Kiselev Music Center was created, the holidays “Vivat St. Petersburg!” and White Nights of Rock 'n' Roll. The organized crime group also organized an underground production of small-caliber revolvers.

In the mid-1990s, the Malyshevskaya organized crime group was replaced by the Tambov group. Some of the "Malyshevsky" leaders were killed, some, including Petrov and Malyshev, fled abroad.

Arrests in Spain

In May 1997, the organized crime unit of the Commissariat of the Spanish city of Marbella asked for assistance through the Spanish Embassy in Russia. In Spain, they investigated the laundering of significant money invested in real estate, and reached out to Russian citizens, who in January 1997 created the Isparus company (Hisparus). Then the investigation drew attention, in particular, to Gennady Petrov and Sergei Kuzmin. The Spanish police officers were interested in persons who had already come under the radar of the Organized Crime Department in Russia. They appeared in operational information, where they were called members of the organized crime group. In addition, according to the Spanish indictment, their names were known to US and EU law enforcement agencies.

On June 12-13, 2008, 20 Russians were detained in Spain - Leonid Khristoforov, Alexander Malyshev-Gonzalez, Gennady Petrov, Yuri Salikov, Yulia Smolenko, Vitaly Izgilov and others - they were all accused of money laundering, arms trafficking, contract killings, extortion, supply of drugs, forgery of documents, smuggling of cobalt and tobacco. In 1998-1999, Petrov and Kuzmin were co-owners of Rossiya Bank, they each owned 2.2% of the bank's shares, and they were represented at shareholders' meetings by Andrey Shumkov, who was a member of its board of directors in 1998-2000. 14.2% of the shares of the Bank of Russia in 1998-1999 belonged to the St. Petersburg firms Ergen, Forward Limited and Fuel Investment Company (TIK), which were associated with Shumkov. Ergen was owned by Shumkov and Kuzmin, and the co-owners of TIK were BHM and Petroleum Financial Company affiliated with Kuzmin and Petrov.

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“I know what you're afraid of. Please listen to what I want to tell you and this will all end forever.
I tried to explain to her the best I could about the souls that come to me and how I try to help them all. I saw that she believed me, but for some reason she was afraid to show it to me.
“Your husband is with me, Mila, and if you want, you can talk to him,” I said carefully.
To my surprise, she was silent for a long time, and then quietly said:
“Leave me alone, Vlad, you have tormented me long enough. Leave.
I was completely shocked by how much torment was in the voice of this woman! .. And, as it turned out, it shocked not only me, the answer stunned her strange husband too, but only in a different way. I felt next to me a wild whirlwind of alien energy that literally tore everything around. Books, flowers, a tea cup - everything that lay on the table flew down with a crash. The neighbor turned pale as a sheet and hurriedly began to push me out. But such “effects” as throwing cups have not frightened me for a very long time. Therefore, I gently pushed the poor shaking woman aside and firmly said:
“If you don’t stop scaring your wife so vilely, I’m leaving, and look for someone else for the same number of years ...
But the man paid no attention to me. Apparently, all these long years, he was just waiting for someone to find someone who could help him "get" his poor wife and his ten-year-old "sacrifice" would not be in vain. And now, when it finally really happened - he completely lost control of himself ...
- Milya, Milenka, I wanted to say for so long ... come with me, dear ... let's go. I alone can't... I can't live without you for so many years... come with me.
He muttered incoherently, repeating the same words all the time. And then it just dawned on me that this man really wanted !!! He asked his living beautiful wife to leave with him in a place, which meant simply to die ... Then I could no longer stand it.
- Listen to you! Yes, you're just crazy! I mentally screamed. “I won’t say those mean words to her!” Get out where you should have been for a long time! .. This is just your place.
I was just throwing up with indignation! .. Can this really happen ?!. I did not yet know what I would do, but I knew one thing for sure - I would not give him this woman for anything in the world.
He was furious that I didn't repeat what he said to her. He yelled at me, yelled at her, cursed with words that I had never heard before ... He cried, if it can be called crying ... And I realized that now he could really become dangerous, but I still didn’t understand how this can happen. Everything in the house was moving wildly, window panes were shattered. Mile stood in a stupor in horror, unable to utter a word. She was very scared, because, unlike me, she did not see anything that happened in that “other” reality that was closed to her, but only saw inanimate objects “dancing” in front of her in some kind of crazy dance. ... and slowly went crazy ...
It’s very funny in books to read about mysterious poltergeists, other realities and admire heroes who always “defeat dragons” ... In reality, there is nothing “funny” in this, except for quiet horror that you don’t know what to do with it, and that because of your helplessness, a good person may die right now...
I suddenly saw how Mila began to sink to the floor and became pale as death. I became terribly scared. I suddenly felt like who I really was then - just a little girl who, through her stupidity, got into something terrible and now does not know how to get out of it all.
“Well, no, no,” I thought, “you won’t get it! ..
And with all her might, she energetically hit this insignificant entity, putting all her indignation into this blow... A strange howl was heard... and everything disappeared. There was no more crazy movement of objects in the room, no more fear... and no more of that strange half-witted man who almost sent his innocent wife to the next world... There was dead silence in the house. Only sometimes some broken things tinkled. Mile sat on the floor with her eyes closed and showed no signs of life. But for some reason I was sure that everything would be fine with her. I walked over to her and stroked her cheek.
“Aunt Milya, it’s all over already,” I whispered softly, trying not to frighten. “He will never come again.
She opened her eyes and cast her weary gaze around her ruined room in disbelief.
- What was it, honey? she whispered.
- It was your husband, Vlad, but he will never come again.
Then it seemed to burst through her ... I had never heard such a heartbreaking cry before! .. It seemed that this poor woman wanted to cry out everything that had accumulated in her life over these long and, as I later found out, very terrible years. But, as they say, no matter what the despair or resentment, you can not cry endlessly. Something overflows in the soul, as if tears wash away all bitterness and pain, and the soul, like a flower, slowly begins to return to life. So Mila, little by little, began to come to life. Surprise appeared in his eyes, gradually replaced by timid joy.
“How do you know he won’t come, little one?” – as if wanting to get confirmation, she asked.
Nobody called me a baby for a long time, and especially at that moment it sounded a little strange, because I was exactly that “baby” who had just, one might say, accidentally saved her life ... But naturally, I was not going to be offended. Yes, and there was no strength, not only to offend, but even just ... to transfer to the sofa. Apparently, everything to the last was "spent" on that single blow, which now I could not repeat for anything.
My neighbor and I sat together for quite a long time, and she finally told me how her husband had been tormenting her all this time (for ten years!!!). True, she was not completely sure then that it was he, but now her doubts were dispelled, and she knew for sure that she was right. Dying, Vlad told her that he would not calm down until he took her with him. That's what I've been trying for so many years...
I couldn’t understand how a person could be so cruel and still dare to call such horror love?! But I was, as my neighbor said, just a little girl who still could not fully believe that sometimes a person can be terrible, even in such a sublime feeling as love ...

One of the most shocking cases in my very long “practice” of contacts with the essences of the dead happened when I once calmly walked home from school on a warm autumn evening ... Usually I always returned much later, since I went to the second shift, and the lessons at we were finished somewhere around seven o'clock in the evening, but that day there were no last two lessons and we were allowed to go home earlier than usual.
The weather was extremely pleasant, I did not want to rush anywhere, and before going home, I decided to take a little walk.
The air smelled of the bittersweet scent of the last autumn flowers. A playful light breeze rustled in the fallen leaves, quietly whispering something bashfully to the bare trees blushing in the reflections of the sunset. Peace and silence breathed soft twilight ...
I really loved this time of day, it attracted me with its mystery and fragility of something that had not happened and at the same time had not even begun ... When today had not yet gone into the past, and the night had not yet come into its own ... Something "no one's" and magical, something, as it were, hung in the "between times", something elusive... I adored this short period of time and always felt very special in it.
But on that day, something “special” happened, but certainly not something special that I would like to see or experience again ...
I calmly walked to the crossroads, thinking deeply about something, when suddenly I was sharply pulled out of my “dreams” by a wild screech of brakes and screams of frightened people.
Directly in front of me, a small white passenger car somehow managed to hit a cement pillar and with all its might hit a huge oncoming car right in the forehead ...
In a matter of moments, the essences of a little boy and a girl “jumped out” from a crumpled white car, looking around in confusion, until they finally stared stunned at their own physical bodies, mutilated by a strong blow ...

In the early 1990s, Petersburg groups were an analogue of dashing bands of robbers operating in a certain territory. These gangs were content with extortions from controlled merchants, and there was enough space under the sun for everyone.

Today, groups are more like principalities: with their own military detachments that ensure order in the possessions, a certain formed “code of laws” - a kind of “gangster truth” and a subject population paying tribute - from a simple stall holder to a banker.
Organized crime is interested not only in small and medium-sized private businesses, but also in large enterprises and even entire industries, including those that are formally controlled by the state.

The relationship of the gangster world with law enforcement agencies has also changed significantly. Businessmen are looking for patronage and protection from raids or unscrupulous partners not only from criminal gangs, but also from people from law enforcement agencies. "Cop" or committee "roofs" have become a powerful factor in the shadow life of Russian business. It is not uncommon for people with secret service certificates to come to gangster "shooters" - not at all to "suppress illegal activities", but to solve business problems between "their own" and "foreign" merchants.

At the same time, criminal gangs are willing to create their own legal security structures - this allows them to legally engage in the protection of controlled companies and openly use firearms.
An example of this approach to business can be called "Delta-22". This private security company controlled several facilities in the northern districts of the city, in particular a large market. The "guards" knocked out debts, kidnapped and killed debtors and competitors from the ranks of the "Chechens" - sometimes they created such chaos that other bandits could envy them. According to some reports, Delta-22 was a legalized part of the combat structure of the Tambovites. Another new factor in the life of organized crime in St. Petersburg was the active penetration of various groups into other regions of the North-West of Russia (Pskov, Novgorod regions and Karelia). And Moscow bandits, for example, the “Solntsevo” group, are showing close interest in St. Petersburg itself.

In 1992, the “Malyshev empire” was considered the most influential in the city on the Neva, and Alexander Malyshev enjoyed authority in criminal circles not only in St. Petersburg, but throughout Russia. At various times, about 20 large and smaller groups operated under the banner of the "empire" with varying degrees of independence. Subsequently, some of them created their own "empires", which are still active today.

Vladimir Kumarin, who has already lost his right arm

Alexander Ivanovich Malyshev was born in 1958, was engaged in wrestling as a child, graduated from a vocational school. In 1977 he was tried for premeditated murder, in 1984 - for "careless" murder. Then he worked as a doorman, a security guard in a restaurant, was a co-operator, commercial director of a music center, a member of the board of JSC. At an early stage of his criminal past, Malyshev "twisted thimbles" at the Hay Market ("foreman" during this period he had Vladimir Kumarin), had the nickname Malysh.

In the late 80s, Malyshev created one of the most powerful St. Petersburg groups, but already in 1989, Malyshev left for Sweden, fleeing from the Central Internal Affairs Directorate. In 1991, he returned for some time to St. Petersburg.

Now Malyshev lives in Spain, where he has large real estate.

The influence of the “Malyshevites” during their heyday extended to the Krasnoselsky, Kirovsky, Moskovsky, part of the Central and Kalininsky regions. Serious objects in other parts of the city were also under control: hotels, car markets, restaurants, gambling establishments.
Alexander Malyshev was one of the first St. Petersburg "authorities" who began to invest in business. Agencies of intimate services, non-ferrous metal buying points, saunas, factories for the production of small-caliber revolvers were created. At one time, the “Malyshevites” crushed the drug dealers under themselves, ousting the “Azerbaijanis” from this sphere.

Malyshev was listed in some commercial structures either as a manager or as a founder. However, during his arrest in October 1992, Alexander Ivanovich declared that he was de unemployed, but lived on the money given to him by kind people. According to some experts, it was Malyshev who was the first to introduce his people into structures of interest, buy up controlling stakes through nominees and train his own economists in the educational institutions of St. Petersburg.

The arrest of Alexander Ivanovich and two dozen of his closest associates in the fall of 1992 caused a commotion in criminal St. Petersburg. Law enforcement trumpeted their victory. And the underworld was preparing for big changes...

Moscow immediately tried to take advantage of the situation, who had long been trying to subdue the underworld of the second capital. In 1993, a wave of assassination attempts on the leaders of St. Petersburg groups swept through the city. And they arranged a division, trying in the absence of the owner to grab a fatter piece from the “Malyshev empire”. However, the decline of the “Malyshevites” came later. The victory of the police was, to put it mildly, incomplete. First, in the summer of 1993, the closest accomplices of Alexander Ivanovich were released from prison on bail or bail: Berlin, Kirpichev, Petrov and Rakhmatulin.

More about Berlin. This businessman (a mathematician by education), while still a part-time student and Komsomol activist, began his ascent into the world of big business by making fake branded jeans. In 1974, he was charged with burglary. An attempt to play schizophrenia led to the fact that Berlin spent 13 years in a mental hospital, where he studied Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Swedish. In the late 80s, having gone free, he went into the computer business. In 1992, along with the rest of the noble “Malyshevites”, he was arrested. August 25, 1993 was released due to lack of evidence. In February 1994, he was kidnapped by a rival gang. The militia rescued the economic adviser of the "empire" from captivity. Without waiting for the trial, Berlin fled to Germany, where he ended up in the famous Moabit prison for a number of economic frauds on German territory.

They tried repeatedly to release Malyshev before the trial, including with the help of deputies of the State Duma, in particular Alexander Nevzorov. The noisy process ended in poof: the charge of banditry was dropped, many of the defendants were acquitted. Malyshev himself received a sentence for illegally carrying a ladies' revolver.
He was credited with a preliminary detention, and he left the courtroom to freedom.
And yet the main thing was done: the figure of Malyshev was taken out of the brackets of the active life of urban criminal gangs. During his imprisonment, a herniated intervertebral disc was discovered in him, one leg began to dry out. Shortly after his release, he went abroad to improve his health. According to some reports, today he is in Spain, where he has real estate. But no one has yet been able to fully manage their own "business", constantly being several thousand kilometers away from it. Malyshev did not succeed either.

After the departure of Malyshev, the struggle for the redistribution of spheres of influence flared up with renewed vigor.
In 1995, due to his own stupidity and dashing, a well-known Criminal authority nicknamed Maradona, whom Malyshev sent to control Pskov. In December 1995, Stas Fried died in Kresty. The official version is a drug overdose.
In the spring of 1996, Oleg Romanov was killed in Moscow (according to some sources, one of the leaders of the capital's "winged" group), who was accused in the "Malyshevsky" case.

In June 1996, Vyacheslav Kirpichev was shot dead in the bar of the Joy nightclub. In March 1997, another "devyatka" veteran, the Elephant, became a victim. According to competent sources, after Malyshev left for Spain, the Elephant could not cope with the youth, whom he himself selected for the Krasnoselsk brigade. It was with the growing influence of the young that his fears about his share, which the representatives of the younger generation would begin to “cut”, were connected.

The position of the “Malyshevites” was also seriously affected by the death of Svinar, who was considered the “arbitrator and minister of foreign affairs” of the “Malyshev empire”. The deceased acted as a link between various groups. Possessing diplomatic talents, Svinar was able to resolve conflicts peacefully, without leading to large-scale showdowns. He lived in Roshchina, where he had several houses. He died in 1995 from cirrhosis of the liver. While he was in the hospital, people came to him and there to "solve problems" - 50-60 people a day.
After the death of the Pig, Komaru had to make a lot of room. This former chef has become a serious "authority" in the zone. His group controlled many objects in the resort area of ​​St. Petersburg: cafes, restaurants, campsites, recreation centers, foreign tourism. Komar invested in sports complexes and restaurant business.

He built a dacha for himself - a mini-castle in the "new Russian" style - not so far from the dacha choirs of the St. Petersburg ex-mayor. According to rumors, Komar refused to deal with drugs and had a very bad attitude towards prostitution. For a long time, Komaru and his people managed to keep outsiders in their possessions: “Tambovites”, “Kazanians” and representatives of other criminal groups. Shortly before the death of Svinar, several assassination attempts were organized on Komar by bandits from Caucasian structures. Then several of his bodyguards died, but the "authority" survived. True, he chose to hide from Russia and is now in Thailand.

Today, according to some reports, the control of the “Malyshevites” over the resort area has changed to “Chechen”. According to others - to "Kazan".
Broiler is one of the few authoritative figures of the "Malyshev empire" who survived, despite seven assassination attempts organized against him. For some time Broiler's group was based in a sports club in Vsevolozhsk. Then his "office" consisted of 80-100 active "fighters".

At one time, Broiler actively created for himself the image of a businessman - a patron of the arts. He was even listed as the founder of the newspaper "Rhythms of the City". According to some reports, the Oktyabrskaya Hotel is under Broiler's control. From 1995 to 1997, he was in Kresty, where he was imprisoned on suspicion of extortion. During this time, most of his possessions went to the hands of friends from the "Malyshev empire." After Broiler's release, Broiler's demands for the return of "his possessions" were received without enthusiasm. An assassination attempt was organized on him, after which Broiler, wounded by automatic fire, left for treatment in Bulgaria. Now he is back in St. Petersburg.

Today it is hardly possible to say that the “Malyshevskaya” group exists. It has broken into several small but active groups that no longer have the influence that they used to. Akula, the leader of a group that was once part of the "Malyshev empire", is still alive. He patronizes a number of firms and individuals involved in the paper and forestry business in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. He also controls several security structures, including those where former employees of the KGB and other bodies work. His team, according to some reports, controls the Avtov area.

Another fragment of the “empire” is the Musik group, which has about fifty people in its active membership. This group operates in the Krasnoselsky district.
The brigade of the Zhukov brothers, the Petrov group, the people of the Shanaev brothers stood out in special "destinies". It is known about the latter that they took the place of the murdered Kitayets, one of Malyshev's former associates, who until his death held the territory of the Zvezdny market under his control. Little is known about other Malyshev "authorities": Trofim has gone into business and is trying to keep his new image clean; the Timofeev brothers, according to rumors, disappeared from the criminal firmament.

In the early 1990s, Petersburg groups were an analogue of dashing bands of robbers operating in a certain territory. These gangs were content with extortions from controlled merchants, and there was enough space under the sun for everyone.

Today, groups are more like principalities: with their own military detachments that ensure order in the possessions, a certain formed “code of laws” - a kind of “gangster truth” and a subject population paying tribute - from a simple stall holder to a banker.
Organized crime is interested not only in small and medium-sized private businesses, but also in large enterprises and even entire industries, including those that are formally controlled by the state.

The relationship of the gangster world with law enforcement agencies has also changed significantly. Businessmen are looking for patronage and protection from raids or unscrupulous partners not only from criminal gangs, but also from people from law enforcement agencies. "Cop" or committee "roofs" have become a powerful factor in the shadow life of Russian business. It is not uncommon for people with secret service certificates to come to gangster "shooters" - not at all to "suppress illegal activities", but to solve business problems between "their own" and "foreign" merchants.

At the same time, criminal gangs are willing to create their own legal security structures - this allows them to legally protect controlled companies and openly use firearms.
An example of this approach to business can be called "Delta-22". This private security company controlled several facilities in the northern districts of the city, in particular a large market. The "guards" beat out debts, kidnapped and killed debtors and competitors from the ranks of the "Chechens" - sometimes they created such chaos that other bandits could envy them. According to some reports, Delta-22 was a legalized part of the combat structure of the Tambovites. Another new factor in the life of organized crime in St. Petersburg was the active penetration of various groups into other regions of the North-West of Russia (Pskov, Novgorod regions and Karelia). And Moscow bandits, for example, the “Solntsevo” group, are showing close interest in St. Petersburg itself.

In 1992, the “Malyshev empire” was considered the most influential in the city on the Neva, and Alexander Malyshev enjoyed authority in criminal circles not only in St. Petersburg, but throughout Russia. At various times, about 20 large and smaller groups operated under the banner of the "empire" with varying degrees of independence. Subsequently, some of them created their own "empires", which are still active today.

Vladimir Kumarin, who has already lost his right arm

Alexander Ivanovich Malyshev was born in 1958, was engaged in wrestling as a child, graduated from a vocational school. In 1977 he was tried for premeditated murder, in 1984 - for "careless" murder. Then he worked as a doorman, a security guard in a restaurant, was a co-operator, commercial director of a music center, a member of the board of JSC. At an early stage of his criminal past, Malyshev "twisted thimbles" at the Hay Market ("foreman" during this period he had Vladimir Kumarin), had the nickname Malysh.

In the late 80s, Malyshev created one of the most powerful St. Petersburg groups, but already in 1989, Malyshev left for Sweden, fleeing from the Central Internal Affairs Directorate. In 1991, he returned for some time to St. Petersburg.

Now Malyshev lives in Spain, where he has large real estate.

The influence of the “Malyshevites” during their heyday extended to the Krasnoselsky, Kirovsky, Moskovsky, part of the Central and Kalininsky regions. Serious objects in other parts of the city were also under control: hotels, car markets, restaurants, gambling establishments.
Alexander Malyshev was one of the first St. Petersburg "authorities" who began to invest in business. Agencies of intimate services, non-ferrous metal buying points, saunas, factories for the production of small-caliber revolvers were created. At one time, the “Malyshevites” crushed the drug dealers under themselves, ousting the “Azerbaijanis” from this sphere.

Malyshev was listed in some commercial structures either as a manager or as a founder. However, during his arrest in October 1992, Alexander Ivanovich declared that he was de unemployed, but lived on the money given to him by kind people. According to some experts, it was Malyshev who was the first to introduce his people into structures of interest, buy up controlling stakes through nominees and train his own economists in the educational institutions of St. Petersburg.

The arrest of Alexander Ivanovich and two dozen of his closest associates in the fall of 1992 caused a commotion in criminal St. Petersburg. Law enforcement agencies trumpeted their victory. And the underworld was preparing for big changes...

Moscow immediately tried to take advantage of the situation, who had long been trying to subdue the underworld of the second capital. In 1993, a wave of assassination attempts on the leaders of St. Petersburg groups swept through the city. And they arranged a division, trying in the absence of the owner to grab a fatter piece from the “Malyshev empire”. However, the decline of the “Malyshevites” came later. The victory of the police was, to put it mildly, incomplete. First, in the summer of 1993, the closest accomplices of Alexander Ivanovich were released from prison on bail or bail: Berlin, Kirpichev, Petrov and Rakhmatulin.

More about Berlin. This businessman (a mathematician by education), while still a part-time student and Komsomol activist, began his ascent into the world of big business by making fake branded jeans. In 1974, he was charged with burglary. An attempt to play schizophrenia led to the fact that Berlin spent 13 years in a mental hospital, where he studied Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Swedish. In the late 80s, having gone free, he went into the computer business. In 1992, along with the rest of the noble “Malyshevites”, he was arrested. August 25, 1993 was released due to lack of evidence. In February 1994, he was kidnapped by a rival gang. The militia rescued the economic adviser of the "empire" from captivity. Without waiting for the trial, Berlin fled to Germany, where he ended up in the famous Moabit prison for a number of economic frauds on German territory.

They tried repeatedly to release Malyshev before the trial, including with the help of deputies of the State Duma, in particular Alexander Nevzorov. The noisy process ended in poof: the charge of banditry was dropped, many of the defendants were acquitted. Malyshev himself received a sentence for illegally carrying a ladies' revolver.
He was credited with a preliminary detention, and he left the courtroom to freedom.
And yet the main thing was done: the figure of Malyshev was taken out of the brackets of the active life of urban criminal gangs. During his imprisonment, a herniated intervertebral disc was discovered in him, one leg began to dry out. Shortly after his release, he went abroad to improve his health. According to some reports, today he is in Spain, where he has real estate. But no one has yet been able to fully manage their own "business", constantly being several thousand kilometers away from it. Malyshev did not succeed either.

After the departure of Malyshev, the struggle for the redistribution of spheres of influence flared up with renewed vigor.
In 1995, due to his own stupidity and dashing, a well-known Criminal authority nicknamed Maradona, whom Malyshev sent to control Pskov. In December 1995, Stas Fried died in Kresty. The official version is a drug overdose.
In the spring of 1996, Oleg Romanov was killed in Moscow (according to some sources, one of the leaders of the capital's "winged" group), who was accused in the "Malyshevsky" case.

In June 1996, Vyacheslav Kirpichev was shot dead in the bar of the Joy nightclub. In March 1997, another "devyatka" veteran, the Elephant, became a victim. According to competent sources, after Malyshev left for Spain, the Elephant could not cope with the youth, whom he himself selected for the Krasnoselsk brigade. It was with the growing influence of the young that his fears about his share, which the representatives of the younger generation would begin to “cut”, were connected.

The position of the “Malyshevites” was also seriously affected by the death of Svinar, who was considered the “arbitrator and minister of foreign affairs” of the “Malyshev empire”. The deceased acted as a link between various groups. Possessing diplomatic talents, Svinar was able to resolve conflicts peacefully, without leading to large-scale showdowns. He lived in Roshchina, where he had several houses. He died in 1995 from cirrhosis of the liver. While I was in the hospital, people came to him and there to "solve problems" - 50-60 people a day.
After the death of the Pig, Komaru had to make a lot of room. This former chef has become a serious "authority" in the zone. His group controlled many objects in the resort area of ​​St. Petersburg: cafes, restaurants, campsites, recreation centers, foreign tourism. Komar invested in sports complexes and restaurant business.

He built a dacha for himself - a mini-castle in the "new Russian" style - not so far from the dacha choirs of the St. Petersburg ex-mayor. According to rumors, Komar refused to deal with drugs and had a very bad attitude towards prostitution. For a long time, Komaru and his people managed to keep outsiders in their possessions: “Tambovites”, “Kazanians” and representatives of other criminal groups. Shortly before the death of Svinar, several assassination attempts were organized on Komar by bandits from Caucasian structures. Then several of his bodyguards died, but the "authority" survived. True, he chose to hide from Russia and is now in Thailand.

Today, according to some reports, the control of the “Malyshevites” over the resort area has changed to “Chechen”. According to others - in "Kazan".
Broiler is one of the few authoritative figures of the “Malyshev empire” who survived, despite seven assassination attempts organized against him. For some time Broiler's group was based in a sports club in Vsevolozhsk. Then his "office" consisted of 80-100 active "fighters".

At one time, Broiler actively created for himself the image of a businessman - a patron of the arts. He was even listed as the founder of the newspaper "Rhythms of the City". According to some reports, the Oktyabrskaya Hotel is under Broiler's control. From 1995 to 1997, he was in Kresty, where he was imprisoned on suspicion of extortion. During this time, most of his possessions went to the hands of friends from the "Malyshev empire." After Broiler's release, Broiler's demands for the return of "his possessions" were received without enthusiasm. An assassination attempt was organized on him, after which Broiler, wounded by automatic fire, left for treatment in Bulgaria. Now he is back in St. Petersburg.

Today it is hardly possible to say that the “Malyshevskaya” group exists. It has broken into several small but active groups that no longer have the influence that they used to. Akula, the leader of a group that was once part of the "Malyshev empire", is still alive. He patronizes a number of firms and individuals involved in the paper and forestry business in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. He also controls several security structures, including those where former employees of the KGB and other bodies work. His team, according to some reports, controls the Avtov area.

Another fragment of the “empire” is the Musik group, whose active membership includes about fifty people. This group operates in the Krasnoselsky district.
The brigade of the Zhukov brothers, the Petrov group, the people of the Shanaev brothers stood out in special "destinies". It is known about the latter that they took the place of the murdered Kitayets, one of Malyshev's former associates, who until his death held the territory of the Zvezdny market under his control. Little is known about other Malyshev "authorities": Trofim has gone into business and is trying to keep his new image clean; the Timofeev brothers, according to rumors, disappeared from the criminal firmament.

Despite the huge number of criminal authorities and leaders, not all of them are known to the general public. Only a few managed to "become famous" and get some kind of recognition in criminal circles, and subsequently become influential and wealthy law-abiding citizens.

Gennady Petrov - leader of the organized criminal group

Gennady Petrov became known in the late 80s of the last century as the leader of the Malyshev criminal gang. In 1987, in St. Petersburg, there was a redistribution of spheres of influence between criminal authorities, as a result of which the St. Petersburg "mafia" was divided into two warring camps: "Tambov" and "Malyshev". The latter were headed by the previously unknown Gennady Petrov.

At that time, Petrov held the position of an ordinary foreman at the Moscow railway station, having just left prison. By the way, he was serving time for negligence and an article related to money forgery.

"Historical showdown" in Devyatkino

As mentioned above, in 1987 there was a redistribution of spheres of influence in St. Petersburg. The banal brawl in the market in Devyatkino was to blame for everything.

Alexander Malyshev, the leader of the group of the same name, established the so-called rules of the game in the clothing market in Devyatkino. As a result of the conflict between the members of the organized crime group, related to the rules of trade in the market, an "arrow" was appointed.

About 80 people took part in the dismantling, among whom was Gennady Petrov. Having shown himself as an experienced diplomat, Petrov quickly gained respect among the "fraternity" and soon began to be considered the leader of the Tambov group.

High-profile arrests

The year 1993 was marked by the high-profile arrest of two authorities - Malyshev and Petrov. They, as well as about a dozen others detained with them members of an organized crime group accused of extortion and banditry.

However, Gennady Petrov escaped the trial, as the lawyers invited by him managed to prove his non-involvement in the above crimes. And his colleague Alexander Malyshev escaped with a "slight fright" and, after hearing the verdict on charges of illegal possession of weapons, was released in the courtroom.

These circumstances contributed to the speedy move of Malyshev to Spain. Later, namely in 1998, Gennady Petrov, the leader of the organized criminal group, followed the example of his older comrade and also moved to a permanent place of residence in sunny Spain.

But before going to hot countries, Petrov managed to acquire serious and important connections. So, he became close to the future Minister of Railways Nikolai Aksenenko. He took an active part in the development of the Baltic Construction Company (which is currently one of the most important areas of his commercial activity).

Under police control

Being a recognized Gennady Petrov, whose biography is filled with connections in various fields and structures, from the moment he moved to Spain, he was under the scrutiny of law enforcement agencies.

There were many reasons for this. While abroad, he continued to lead the organized criminal group, gave orders and instructions that were unconditionally carried out by the "brotherhood". In Spain, Petrov created many companies whose main goal was to launder criminal funds.

Also, the Spanish police became aware that Gennady Petrov, along with his wife, evaded taxes for several years. For example, in just one year, the Petrov family did not declare income in the amount of more than 2,300,000 euros, without contributing approximately 900,000 euros to the treasury. And this is not an isolated case.

In 2001, Petrov purchased the Sasha yacht, which cost 3.5 million euros. At the same time, the price of the yacht was indicated in the declaration as 700,000 euros. The Spanish treasury received less than 500,000 euros in taxes from this transaction alone.

Since 2005, Gennady Petrov has stopped declaring his income altogether.

Criminal schemes

However, this did not prevent the St. Petersburg "mafia" from developing and multiplying its capital.

In the late 1990s, Petrov Gennady, the Malyshev group, which was under his control, organized a shadow business. Its essence was to register a huge amount of expensive real estate for front organizations. By the way, there were more than 100 such companies. Further, through these one-day firms registered to the same people, real estate was resold at an inflated cost.

Law enforcement agencies in Spain suspected that in a similar way Gennady Petrov, an organized criminal group belonging to him, would legalize cash obtained by criminal means on the territory of Russia.

In the early 2000s, he, along with his "comrades", was detained by the Spanish police, but rather soon released. After being released, Petrov and his family urgently returned to Russia.

Petrov family business

The Baltic Construction Company is the pinnacle of Petrov's commercial activity. It was in this organization that he invested most of his financial assets.

This company gained active development thanks to the connections of the St. Petersburg authority with the Deputy Minister of Railways Nikolai Aksenenko. Thus, the Baltic Construction Company became the main contractor for all state orders of Russian Railways and the Ministry of Railways.

Took an active part in the commercial activities of Petrov and his son Anton. According to various sources, he is the founder, co-owner and shareholder of at least 40 companies (including Baltic Monolit LLC, Siat SPB LLC, Green Farm LLC, World of Cold LLC, Baltic Air Conditioning Systems LLC, LLC " Transcond, etc.).

Has the Petrov family and is most directly related to the network of jewelry stores "585".

Elite real estate

Naturally, the owner of such a huge fortune will not live in an ordinary apartment.

Deciding to return to his homeland (or rather, forced to return), the St. Petersburg authority took care of where his family would live.

So, where did Gennady Petrov settle down? St. Petersburg is the city in which he achieved heights in the criminal world. So, on (by the way, in one of the most elite areas of the city) in 2003, the construction of the most expensive residential building in St. Petersburg began. Petrov bought an apartment for his family in the said house.

The Petrovs are the owners of 260 square meters on the street. Taurida, as well as luxury housing abroad (particularly in Marbella). Gennady Petrov became frequent after returning to his homeland and to Moscow, where he acquired a number of elite and expensive apartments.

Instead of a conclusion

Currently, Gennady Petrov, an authority, businessman and major investor, permanently resides in Moscow and St. Petersburg. His business is growing and developing. He continues to actively involve his son, Anton Petrov, in his commercial activities.

Gennady Petrov himself tries not to advertise his criminal past and positions himself as an investor, head of large construction companies. However, among others the mighty of the world This is connected with the name Gennady Petrov - the Tambov organized criminal group, the Malyshev group - as a whole.

In addition, it is no secret to anyone that over the years he managed to acquire serious acquaintances and connections with both Russian officials, employees of government agencies, and with the heads of state-owned companies. In particular, Petrov is credited with a rather warm relationship with the head of Sberbank Gref, as well as with Korytov and Sirotkin (heads of Gazprom), Kumarin (chairman of the board of directors of Petersburg Fuel Company) and a number of other influential people.