This is a list of some organized crime figures within the underworld of the former Soviet Union. Name Ethnicity Nickname(s) CommentsSergei MikhailovRussianMikhas The leader of the Solntsevskaya bratvaSemyon MogilevichAshkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian Jewish)Uncle Seva, the Brainy Don Ukrainian mobster who is regarded as one of the most powerful gangsters from the former Soviet Union.Vladimir KumarinRussian Boss of the Tambov gangVyacheslav IvankovRussianYaponchik (the Japanese) Notorious thief in law who later established a criminal organization in the USA.Matvey YozhikovRussian/UkrainianThe leader of the Dolgoprudnenskaya gangAlexander SolonikRussianSuperkiller, the Kurgan Terminator, Sacha the Macedonian Infamous hitman who committed several high-profile murders.Roman TsepovRussian St Petersburg based businessman, suspected of using his security firms to run protection rackets.Denis Sergin (Fraser)Russian JewishFriz/ Nemec Notorious leader of the Lyuberetskaya Bratva. Known for his barbaric ways of dealing with opposition. "One of the most violent and homicidal gangsters in Moscow" Robert Levinson Maxim LazovskyRussianMax FSB agent turned gang leader, accused of being involved in the Russian apartment bombingsMarat BalagulaAshkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian Jewish) Was a powerful Ukrainian gangster in the USA.Evsei AgronAshkenazi Jewish (Russian Jewish) One of the first Russian gangsters to establish a powerful gang in the USA, thief in law.Ludwig FainbergAshkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian Jewish)Tarzan Ukrainian-Israeli drugs, arms and sex trafficker.Boris NayfeldAshkenazi Jewish (Belarusian Jewish)Biba Belarusian mobster who was involved in organized crime in America as well as Europe.Rachmiel BrandwainAshkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian-German Jewish) Ukrainian mobster who was based in Antwerp.Vladimir ReznikovRussianMember of the Russian mafia in the USA.Toomas Erm WilsonEstonianKonksu-Tom Leader of Estonian Kemerovo crime syndicate.Vladislav LeontyevRussianBelobryssyRussian mobster and alleged member of the Brothers' Circle.Toomas HelinEstonian Estonian drug lordImre ArakasEstonianThe Butcher Estonian hitman and career criminal.Khozh-Ahmed NoukhayevChechen Former leader of the Chechen mafia.Ruslan LabazanovChechen Former boss of the Chechen mafia.Nikolay SuleimanovChechenHoza Prominent former member of the Chechen mafia.Akhat BraginTatarAlik the Greek Donetsk-based crime lord and former owner of FC Shakhtar DonetskHaidar ZakirovTatar Former leader of the Kazan mafia in Moscow. Russian Krasnodar-based gang leader, responsible for the Kushchevskaya massacreTariel OnianiGeorgianTaro Georgian crime boss, thief in law.Jaba IoselianiGeorgian Former thief-in-law and leader of the Mkhedrioni militiaMerab BakhiaGeorgianBakha-Bakha Powerful Georgian crime lord in Abkhazia.Dzambo DzambidzeGeorgianYoung JumboGeorgian crime boss, leader of Rustavi organised crime group, thief in law.Otari KvantrishviliGeorgianOtarik Moscow-based thief in lawGeorgianLasha Rustavsky Prominent thief in law.Boris DekanidzeGeorgian Jewish Leader of Lithuanian organised crime group. Last person to be executed in that country (1995).Armen Kazarian Armenian Pzo Armenian thief in law in the USA involved in drug trafficking, extortion, etc...but most famous for the 2010 Medicaid fraudKamo SafaryanArmenian Crime boss in Moscow.Edward MargaryanArmenian Armenian gangster.Dadash IbrahimovAzerbaijani Powerful gangster of Azerbaijani descent.Rovshan JanievTalyshesRovshan Lankaransky One of top leaders of organized crime in Russia.Nadir SalifovAzerbaijaniLotu Guli One of top leaders of organized crime in Russia.Kamal HuseynovAzerbaijani Kamal Tovuzsky Leader of powerful Azeri organized crime family in Moscow.Arif AskerovAzerbaijani Arif Leader of powerful Gardabani organized crime society in Moscow, it is consisted of ethnic Azeris from Georgia.Mukhtarov HikmetAzerbaijani Hikmet Sabirabadsky, Lotu Hikmet Powerful Azeri mobster.Aslan UsoyanYazidi KurdishGrandpa Hassan Powerful thief in law in Moscow.Zakhar KalashovYazidiShagro Junior Powerful Georgian thief in lawKamchy KolbayevKyrgyzKolya-Kyrgyz Kyrgyz thief in law and alleged member of the Brothers' CircleRyspek AkmatbayevKyrgyz Kyrgyz mobster who was killed in a drive-by shooting.Bayaman ErkinbayevKyrgyz Kyrgyz crime boss turned politician after 2005 coup, killed later that year.Gafur RakhimovUzbek Alleged Uzbek organized crime figure and member of the Brothers' Circle.Salim AbduvaliyevUzbek Alleged Uzbek crime lord.Alimzhan TokhtakhunovUyghurTaivanchik (the Taiwanese) Alleged thief in lawAslan MalsagovIngush Leader of an Ingush criminal clan.Alikhan TochievIngush Leader of the Ingush 'Malgobek' mafia in Moscow.Ruslan AgargimovLezgian Leader of the Dagestani mafia in Sint-Petersburg.Gazim LuguevLezgian Leader of a Dagestani criminal gang in Moscow.Mohammed GadzhihanovAvar Leader of a Dagestani criminal gang in Moscow.Nurullah AlumerzaevAvar Leader of the Dagestani Novgorod clan.Leonid MininUkrainianOleg AsmakovUkrainianAlex Taim and Alik Magadan Gang leader under Solntsevskaya bratva. Main activity in Kyiv.
See also Chechen mafia Criminal tattoos Georgian mafia List of mobsters by city Russian oligarchs Ukrainian oligarchs List of criminal enterprises, gangs and syndicates Russian mafia Thief in law
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