An Orenburg court will hear the case of thief-in-law Zaur Shipilov under the article on criminal hierarchy.
The Orenburg Regional Court will hear the criminal case against 40-year-old crime boss Zaur Shipilov, known as Zaur Nakhichevansky.
This information was provided by the regional prosecutor's office.
The crime boss has been charged under Article 210.1 of the Russian Criminal Code (holding a high position in a criminal hierarchy). The charge carries a prison sentence of 8 to 15 years, with a fine of up to 5 million rubles.
“According to investigators, from April 2019 to July 2025, Shipilov occupied a high-ranking position in the criminal hierarchy, exerting criminal influence in the Orenburg region. Shipilov personally participated in meetings of criminal leaders, resolved disputes between individuals leading a criminal lifestyle, and instilled and developed criminal ideology among the population, promoting the traditions and rules accepted in the criminal world, and oversaw their observance,” the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
According to police, Zaur Shipilov acquired the status of thief in law in 2013 while in Turkey. Investigators believe Zaur Nakhichevansky then controlled the criminal underworld in the Orenburg region.
The thief in law was placed in custody in July 2025. The court seized property belonging to the accused and his family, worth more than 13 million rubles.
Zaur Shipilov was born on October 18, 1985, in Orenburg. Zaur Shipilov's father, crime boss Bayram Talibov, was executed in Moscow in 2006 along with thief-in-law Ikmet Mukhtarov. (Kommersant, February 19, 2026. Sabrina Samedova)
