Otari Kvantrishvili

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Otari Kvantrishvili (Georgian: ოთარ კვანტრიშვილი, Russian: Ота́ри Квантришвили; January 27, 1948 – April 5, 1994) was a Georgian mafia boss and one of Moscow's leading organised crime figures during the early 1990s.[1]

Biography

Prior to his 1966 conviction for rape, Kvantrishvili was on his way to becoming a world-champion wrestler. In the 1980s he then founded the Dynamo Sports Club and later the 21st Century Association, an organisation ostensibly dedicated to funding sports but was widely regarded as a front for racketeering.[2] During the chaotic transition to capitalism in the early 1990s, Kvantrishvili became something of a public face for the mafia, befriending politicians and celebrities such as Joseph Kobzon while also acting as a mediator between various underworld factions, including the thieves in law and Slavic and Chechen mobsters.[3]

The Podolskaya OPG (Russian: Подольская организованная преступная группировка (ОПГ)) were close to Kvantrishvili.[4][5][6][7]

In late 1993, Kvantrishvili publicly announced his intention to enter politics through a new party, the Party of Sportsmen, at a conference attended by many well-known athletes.

At 5:45 pm on 5 April 1994, he was shot dead by a sniper while leaving a Krasnopresnensky bathhouse in Moscow.[8][9][10][11][12] He was buried at Vagankovskoye.[8]

At the time of his death, Kvantrishvili was actively removing the Cherny brothers from the aluminium industry in Russia who controlled 75% of the aluminum exported from Russia to the West.[13]

Kvantrishvili was in open conflict with Moscow City Police General Vladimir Rushailo (Russian: Вадим Рушайло) in the Moscow RUOP.[14]

On September 29, 2008, four members of the Orekhovo-Medvedkovo gang were convicted, among other things, for organizing Kvantrishvili's murder. Oleg Pylev was sentenced to life in prison, Aleksei Sherstobitov received 23 years of imprisonment, Pavel Makarov – 13 years and Sergei Yelizarov – 11 years. Sherstobitov was the one who actually killed Kvantrishvili. He received a Lada car as payment for Kvantrishvili's murder.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Смерть Квантришвили была необходима". Газета.Ru. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  2. ^ Friedman, Robert; Red Mafiya: How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America; 2000
  3. ^ Khlebnikov P.; Conversation with a Barbarian: Interviews with a Chechen Field Commander on Banditry and Islam - Moscow, Detekiv-Press, 2003
  4. ^ Новая власть. Kommersant (31 August 1999). Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. ^ Неуловимый мясникПодмосковные бандиты оставили горы трупов и награбили миллионы долларов (17 February 2018). Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ^ Артемов, Денис (28 October 2010). Подольская ОПГ. mzk1.ru website. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  7. ^ Подольская ОПГ: Славянские оргпреступные группировки в Московской области. "FreeLance Bureau" (FLB) (18 November 2000). Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b NY Times - A Slaying Puts Russian Underworld on Parade
  9. ^ Команда: Братья Черные со товарищи
  10. ^ Махмудов. Афера с ММК. Кажегельдин. Вторая алюминиевая война.
  11. ^ Геллер - "темная лошадка"
  12. ^ Новая афера Команды Добровинского: Судебный спор между принадлежащей ЮКОСу "Восточной нефтяной компанией" (ВНК) и фирмой с Вирджинских осторовов Birkenholz S.А. из-за акций Ачинского НПЗ
  13. ^ Биографическая справка на Льва Черного
  14. ^ КАРЫШЕВ, ВАЛЕРИЙ. ЗАПИСКИ "БАНДИТСКОГО АДВОКАТА": Закулисная жизнь братвы глазами "защитника мафии". See Глава шестая "АВТОРИТЕТЫ" (Chapter 6) section ОТАРИ КВАНТРИШВИЛИ.
  15. ^ Repentance did not count for Lyosha the Soldier Kommersant, September 30, 2008

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