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36-541: It became famous in the city after coverage from Alexander Nevzorov in his 600 seconds TV show in the city. After establishing in 1988, the Tambov Gang used a Baroque church on Vasilyevsky Island as the site for interrogating persons. Kumarin and Petrov have been close to the KGB since the late 1980s. Viktor Ivanov has strong links to the Tambov Gang. He supported Vladimir Kumarin 's Tambovskaya OGG in their war against

72-709: A mafia . It also helped organizing several private guard enterprises. Some of its members allegedly became members of the State Duma and the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg , as well as a sector opening in Sydney, Australia allegedly being run by Mikhail Klapanov. Even the speaker of the Assembly Viktor Novosyolov gave his support and maintained close relationships with Kumarin. Formed in September 1994,

108-679: A radio engineer . From 1977 to 1996, he worked his way up from being an engineer to division director in the Elektronpribor plant. He was not a public figure before 1999. In October 1999, he became head of the St Petersburg regional branch of Sergey Shoygu 's Unity party, and in December 1999, he was elected to the State Duma running on the Unity party ticket. In January 2000, he was elected chairman of

144-721: A former member of the Russian State Duma . Nevzorov was born on 3 August 1958 in Leningrad . He started working for the Leningrad television in 1985. From December 1987 to 1993, he hosted the program 600 Seconds on the Leningrad TV channel, aired then all over the Soviet Union . On 12 December 1990 he was shot and wounded during a meeting with someone who pretended to have sensitive documents to offer. In late 1991 his program

180-479: A job and a Polish passport, introduced the Russian mafia , Petrov, Kuzmin, and Malyshev, to the son of a Japanese yakuza from Kobe-Osaka, Kinichi Kamiyasu. Temo Davidov had been acquainted with Petrov, Kuzmin, and Malyshev. In 1993 – 1995, an internal war developed between groups within the Tambov Gang. On June 1, 1994, Kumarin survived a murder attempt in his car but was severely wounded and lost his arm. He believed that

216-683: A major Russian mafia (the Tambov Gang) money laundering scheme be revealed. According to the Bulgarian prosecutor more than one billion euros of Russian money had been laundered through a series of financial transactions in Bulgaria and Estonia. The laundered money was, according to allegations, part of the Saint Petersburg Tambov gang's proceeds from drug trafficking, prostitution and protection rackets. The alleged Tambov Gang money laundering operation

252-721: A maternity hospital in Mariupol . He could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. Nevzorov said that Vladimir Putin's "regime is not going to spare anyone, and that any attempts to comprehend the criminal war [in Ukraine] will end in prison." Nevzorov's wife Lidia stated on social media that her husband was in Israel . On 22 April 2022, Nevzorov was added by the Russian government to the list of individuals acting as foreign agents . In June 2022, Nevzorov and his wife Lidia submitted an application to

288-468: A subsidiary of Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) which Oleg Deripaska and Iskander Makhmudov were the main owners in the early 2000s. Alexander Malyshev , apparently having resolved his feud with the gang, joined with them instead and moved to Spain to continue operations after several attempts on his life in Saint Petersburg. Gennady Petrov , a high-ranking associate and neighbour of

324-632: Is a Russian politician currently serving as the Russian Ambassador to Belarus . Previously, he served as the chairman of the State Duma from 2003 to 2011 and as interior minister from 2001 to 2003. He was also the leader of the ruling United Russia party. Gryzlov was born in Vladivostok but was raised in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). He graduated from the Leningrad Electrical Institute of Communications in 1973 and worked as

360-549: Is a sister firm of Parex Bank, by Mikhail Rebo, also spelled Rabo, and his wife Tatiana Rebo who was the manager of the Parex Bank Berlin. Alexander Litvinenko was a key witness for the Spanish prosecutors. On 13 June 2008 Spanish police arrested 20 members of the organisation's Spanish branch. In connection with the raid Russian politician Vladislav Reznik was investigated A money laundering scheme involved Vera Metallurgica,

396-955: The Faeton Gasoline Company , the second leading fuel retailing company in the city, had complained to both Gryzlov and the Prosecutor General 's Office in April that the Saint Petersburg City Administration had given preferential treatment to the Petersburg Fuel Company . Within a year, he returned to party politics , and in November 2002, became the head of the United Russia , a centrist pro-Putin group what emerged from Unity and several other pro-government movements that joined it. In December 2003, Boris Gryzlov

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432-753: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for Ukrainian citizenship . On 3 June, Nevzorov and the State Migration Service of Ukraine confirmed that Nevzorov and his wife had received Ukrainian citizenship. On 6 June, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov stated that Nevzorov did not yet have citizenship, but that he had only applied for it. Boris Gryzlov Defunct Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov ( Russian : Борис Вячеславович Грызлов , IPA: [bɐˈrʲiz ɡrɨˈzlof] ; born 15 December 1950)

468-576: The ORT TV channel and often appeared as a political commentator on Sergey Dorenko 's Saturday night news show. In 2012, Nevzorov supported Vladimir Putin during his presidential campaign , and was his authorised representative. In 2014 Nevzorov opposed the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation . In a video posted to YouTube on 11 April 2021, during the build-up of Russian forces near

504-543: The Petersburg Fuel Company (PTK) was administrated by the Saint Petersburg City Administration . During the later half of 1993 and into 1994 and with bank accounts in New York, Vladimir I. Dyakov ( Russian : Дьяков Владимир Иванович , b.1959) of the Kazan Gang , which had many very devout Muslim Tatars , fought the Tambov Gang for control of St. Petersburg's energy trade. The St Petersburg mafia gangs also fought for control of

540-457: The Petersburg Fuel Company , a leading gasoline retailing operator in the city, as well as the four main sea ports of Northwestern Russia, Saint Petersburg, Kaliningrad , Arkhangelsk and Murmansk , were controlled by the Tambov Gang . In May 2002, he sent a commission to St. Petersburg to investigate corruption allegations in the city's gasoline market . The investigation was initiated after

576-580: The Russian Supreme Soviet (Nevzorov had supported the anti-Yeltsin side). Nevzorov worked as a reporter in the Yugoslav Wars and the Transnistria War in 1992–1993. In the 1993 campaign , Nevzorov was elected deputy in the State Duma of the Russian Federation for the first time, and after that was re-elected as an independent deputy three times, serving until the 2007 elections when

612-700: The single constituency seats were abolished. He served as an adviser on film, TV and radio to Vladimir Yakovlev during the latter's tenure as the Governor (mayor) of Saint Petersburg . In 1994 Nevzorov was a vocal supporter of the initiation of the First Chechen War . In 1997 he wrote and directed the TV film Chistilishche ("Purgatory") about the Chechen war, co-produced with Boris Berezovsky and released in March 1998. As

648-505: The Chechen War dragged on, his views changed and he became skeptical of Russian imperialism. He regretted his past nationalist positions, and said in 2015 about his involvement in Nashi (Russian political party) : I experimented with fascism in laboratory, soft forms. I don't have to spend my whole life following ideas whose delusion has become obvious to me. In 2003 Nevzorov collaborated with

684-584: The Malyshevskaya OGG for control of the Leningrad sea port and the trafficking of Colombian narcotics through the Leningrad sea port to Europe. In 1989, the gang clashed with Malyshev's Gang  [ ru ] , another leading criminal group of Leningrad , in a bloody armed conflict. In 1990, some of the gang members including Kumarin were imprisoned for racketeering, but Kumarin was released from prison in 1993. He later briefly allied with Alexander Malyshev ( Russian : Александр Малышев ), who controlled

720-626: The St Petersburg seaport, however, Viktor Ivanov strongly supported the Tambov Gang to control both the oil and the seaport. From 1998 to 1999, Kumarin became Deputy President of PTK, the top fuel trading company in the city. In the autumn of 1999, the status of the gang started deteriorating again. Viktor Novosyolov was killed by an explosion in his car on October 20. Some of its most important members were imprisoned or killed. Kumarin left his position of PTK Deputy President. The Tambov Gang now includes several hundred active members. In August 2001, Interior Minister of Russia Boris Gryzlov said that

756-505: The Tambov Gang controlled up to 100 industrial enterprises in Saint Petersburg, including PTK, the leading fuel retailing operator in the city, as well as four main sea ports of Northwestern Russia, Saint Petersburg , Kaliningrad , Arkhangelsk and Murmansk . On 16 January 2007, the Prosecutor General of Russia Yury Chaika announced that the Tambov Gang had recently forcefully taken over 13 large enterprises in Saint Petersburg and

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792-457: The Ukrainian borders , Nevzorov predicted that the future Russian invasion of Ukraine is inevitable and will end in tragedy and humiliation for Russia. He also predicted fierce Ukrainian resistance. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in earnest, Nevzorov was charged on 22 March 2022 under Russia's "false information" law after he published information that Russian forces had shelled

828-658: The United Russia party in the 2011 Russian Duma elections. Sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War . From December 2015, Gryzlov has been representative of Russia in the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine . On 14 January 2022, president Vladimir Putin appointed Gryzlov as Russian ambassador to the Republic of Belarus. On February 3, Belarusian president Lukashenko received credentials of

864-699: The Unity faction in the Duma. In March 2001, he was appointed to the post of chief of Russian police and became Interior Minister . In this position, Gryzlov proclaimed that the fight against terrorism and corruption were his priorities. Gryzlov supported the Kremlin's policies in Chechnya and won the reputation of being a trusted and loyal supporter of the president. In August 2001, Boris Gryzlov claimed that up to 100 industrial enterprises in Saint Petersburg , including

900-609: The Velikie Luki were responsible and, later, Viktor Gavrilenkov ( Russian : Виктор Гавриленков ) and Nikolai Gavrilenkov ( Russian : Николай Гавриленков ) were shot with Viktor Gavrilenkov being killed in the bedlam. He continued his recovery in Düsseldorf (Germany) and Switzerland . By 1995, he allegedly had retaken full control over the gang. By then, the gang had incorporated some of the racketeer businessmen and became interested in investment and fuel trading effectively evolving into

936-521: The acquitted. According to Mark Galeotti in 2017, the Tamboskaya OGG controls both the Saint Petersburg sea port and the Stockholm sea port. Alexander Nevzorov Alexander Glebovich (Oleksandr Hlibovych) Nevzorov ( Russian : Алекса́ндр Гле́бович Невзо́ров ; Ukrainian : Олександр Глібович Невзоров; born on 3 August 1958) is a Russian and Ukrainian television journalist, film director and

972-576: The narcotics trade since 1993 after ousting the Azerbaijani mafia from the narcotics trade, to fight the Kazan gang from Tatarstan . Kinichi Kamiyasu met Gennady Petrov ( Russian : Геннадий Васильевич Петров ) and Kuzmin in December 1990 when Manvel Davidov through his father Temo Davidov, a member of the Chechen mafia which had caused Manvel to flee the Soviet Union for Stockholm where Kinichi Kamiyasu gave him

1008-430: The nationalist Movement Against Illegal Immigration responded by telling the press that they were offended by such comments. The nationalists attempted to file charges against Gryzlov for belittling the Russian people under the same article used to prosecute nationalists for incitement to inter-ethnic violence, but these allegations were rejected by the prosecutor general . He has also voiced significant support for

1044-541: The new ambassador of Russia. Following the 2007 Parliamentary elections , Gryzlov responded to criticism of electoral violations saying: They in no way put in doubt the final result. The fact that these violations have been registered shows that we have a transparent ballot. Following the 2009 regional parliamentary elections , Gryzlov stated in response to criticism of electoral violations : Corruption and legal nihilism, inherent to Russian mentality, should not be shifted onto "United Russia" party . Representatives of

1080-407: The newspaper. The investigation, which is going on in Bulgaria, is secret. Two persons were investigated in Bulgaria on May 23, 2008, for this case, Elizabet Elena Von Messing and Sverozar Milter. Von Messing, a Russian with Finnish citizenship and whose second husband Andrei Khloev ( Russian : Андрей Хлоев ) is very close to Kumarin, had acted as a proxy. The court hearings on the investigation of

1116-512: The sister of King Juan Carlos was also arrested. During the police operation, code-named Operation Troika, US$ 307,000 in cash and twenty-three luxury cars were seized. Bank accounts totalling €12 million were frozen. Arrests were made in Berlin as well, where a member of the organisation, Michael Rebo , was involved in laundering the proceeds of drug trafficking and other illegal activity. The criminal investigation of 2008 led to further arrests and

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1152-923: The two Russians were not open to the public. A similar trial in Spain involves the Solntsevo Gang . After a ten-year trial the Third Section of the Criminal Chamber of the Spanish National Court has acquitted all 17 defendants on October 18, 2018, on all accounts. The prosecution provided insufficient evidence to link the defendants to the criminal conspiracy or any associated wrongdoing. Vladislav Reznik, Michail Rebo, Juri Salikov, Diana Gindin, Andrey Malenkovich, Leonid Khazhin, Svetozar Milter, Leocadia Martin Garcia and Ignacio Pedro Urquiujo Sierra and others are among

1188-511: Was being investigated. In May 2015, Spanish prosecutors alleged that Parex Bank , which held mostly offshore deposits for persons from Russia, was the preferred Latvian bank for the money laundering of Vladimir Putin , Yuri Chaika , and Russian Mafia especially the Tambovskaya Mafia from Saint Petersburg and that very large sums were laundered for them through Latvian and German firms associated with Parex Bank and Overseas Services, which

1224-566: Was coordinated by Elizabet Elena Von Messing and Svetozar Milter. According to the sources, about a billion euros of Russian money were first transferred to a real estate and financial services company in Bulgaria, called Optima Ca. That firm then wired half of the money to the Estonian financial house AS Tavid, which sent the money back to Russia. The rest of the money was transferred to accounts in Cyprus, Dubai, Hong Kong and other countries, according to

1260-425: Was elected as speaker of the Duma. In November 2009, Gryzlov defined United Russia's ideology as "Russian conservatism" – characterizing such conservatism as "an ideology of stability and development, constant creative renovation of society without stagnation and revolutions." Gryzlov resigned from the office of Parliament speaker on 14 December 2011, amongst accusations of polling fraud orchestrated by

1296-532: Was taken off the air twice and later gradually lost its popularity. During the 1991 coup d'état attempt , Nevzorov supported the State Committee on the State of Emergency , the organ of the coupists. Nevzorov formed the Nashi movement (not to be confused with the later pro-Putin youth movement of the same name). The broadcast was finally closed down in the aftermath of Yeltsin's victory in his confrontation with

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