Sitting in one of the Krasnodar colonies, Zakhary Kalashov, aka Shakro Molodoy, made an official appeal to thieves in law.
(In criminal slang, this is called a “run”). Kalashov, we recall, is considered by many to be the boss of the underworld of Russia, “the number one thief.” 68-year-old Zakhary Knyazevich ended up in a colony for extortion.
According to investigators, Shakro’s people, on his orders, came in 2015 to collect “debts” from the owner of a restaurant on Rochdelskaya Street in Moscow, and she had former law enforcement officers with military weapons as lawyers … Two people died during the shootout. One of Shakro’s close associates was arrested on the spot, and several high-ranking officials of the Investigative Committee were paid $1 million for his release, but the deal was upset by the FSB. The generals of the Investigative Committee became defendants in criminal cases. And Shakro himself received 9 years and 10 months in a strict regime colony.
So, even while sitting in a colony, Shakro continues to enjoy great authority in the wild. The Prime Crime website published his appeal to his “colleagues”. One of the most important points of this letter is to reconsider the status of thieves in law for everyone who has been crowned within the last 14 years. That is, during a protracted war between influential clans.
The war itself, which began in 2008, occurred due to the redistribution of spheres of influence between different groups of immigrants from Georgia. One of the warring clans was headed by the notorious Ded Khasan (according to his passport, Aslan Usoyan).
Actually, the war itself, which began in 2008, occurred due to the redistribution of spheres of influence between different groups of immigrants from Georgia. One of the warring clans was headed by the notorious Ded Khasan (according to his passport, Aslan Usoyan). In 2010, a killer with a machine gun ambushed him on Tverskaya – Usoyan was seriously wounded, but survived. And in 2013, the sniper still got the thief at the exit of his favorite restaurant. After the murder of one of the bosses, the conflict flared up with renewed vigor, several more people became victims of bloody showdowns.
In the meantime, while the war was going on, each clan tried to replenish its ranks with more and more new “lawyers”, handing out crowns, sometimes purely for quantity – in order to gain an advantage at gatherings. Shakro just proposes to revise the list of “newcomers”.
What is behind this and whether the criminal war will spill out onto the streets of Russian cities, Lilya Kharina, editor-in-chief of the Prime-Crimea news agency, told kp.ru.
– Will all parties to the conflict listen to Shakro’s letter?
– According to the concepts, a thief is an independent independent unit with his own opinion, which cannot be ignored. Therefore, decisions at gatherings are not made by a majority of votes, as at party meetings, but either unanimously or not at all, if there is an objection from at least one thief. I mean, that’s how it was done before. But now it’s not really like that. For example, in Yerevan there was no decision to ban new coronations, there was only a corresponding proposal by Shakro. But everyone took it as a ban, and for 8 years (after Shakro returned from prison in Spain, after which he actually took the place of Ded Khasan, – Auth.), No one, with the exception of one case, dared to violate it, which speaks of his colossal authority .
According to Harina, most of the thieves probably do not mind stopping the protracted war. But Shakro, in his letter, proposes to do this without any satisfaction for the insults inflicted, not to mention the dead and wounded. And this may not suit everyone.
– Many believe that if the perpetrators are not punished, impunity will lead to even worse consequences. The street (street crime, – Auth.), which is mentioned in the run, respects and understands only force. A thief cannot forgive offenders. How can a thief forget, for example, about his ear being cut off?! And if so, what kind of thief is he? On the other hand, how can a thief with an unsullied reputation take on equal terms those who have been labeled “bitch” for 14 years? Therefore, most likely, there will be thieves who will not support the option proposed by Shakro.
30% OF “THE LAWYERS” CAN BE DESTROYED OF THE STATUS?
At the same time, Lilya Kharina notes that Shakro is essentially the only one who, by his status, could offer an end to the war. Because he did not participate in this conflict. (Served eight years in Spain for money laundering and was extradited to Russia – Auth.).
– By the way, the “run” is not signed (among the thieves the letter was distributed in the form of a sheet of paper with a text printed on a computer, – Auth.), but the manner of presentation leaves no doubt that it was Shakro who wrote, his speech turns are recognizable. Some idealists do not believe that Shakro could write such a thing. Like, the paper is a police setup or something like that. I would say this: perhaps this is the result of some joint efforts, because if Shakro had not listened to what people in uniform told him, he would not have ended up in Moscow instead of Georgia in 2014 (Georgia also demanded Shakro’s extradition from Spain – there he was sentenced in absentia to 18 years in prison for kidnapping and organizing an illegal armed group, – Ed.), and in 2018 – in the Krasnodar Territory instead of Krasnoyarsk.
– And yet. Assuming that everyone agrees to audit the thieves who received the status during the conflict, how many canceled crowns can we talk about?
– If you count all those who have entered the family since the split – that is, from the middle of 2008 – you get 134 people. This is about a third of the current thieves.
– At the same time, as far as is known, during this time, including the relatives of Shakro himself, were crowned. He is ready in which case to exclude them from the number of thieves on a common basis?
– Reconsider – does not mean to exclude. Shakro generally tends to revise decisions in which he did not participate. He does not tolerate when something happens in the thieves’ world without him. And the personnel issue is always a matter of power and money …
Do they want to conduct an audit in order to get someone out of the term under the “thieves” article?
In different regions of Russia, trials are ongoing under the relatively new article of the Criminal Code “Occupation of the highest position in the criminal hierarchy”. All thieves in law fall under it, the criminal status of which the investigation can prove. Punishment under the article – from 8 to 15 years.
For example, recently the Moscow Regional Court received the case of 62-year-old David Panchvidze (aka David Tbilissky, aka Pancho). In 2021, he was initially detained with drugs.
“After being placed in the PKU SIZO-6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Moscow Region, the accused “announced” to the persons held in the institution his criminal status,” said the head of the press service of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Moscow Region, Natalia Grigoryeva, “His instructions and orders, in accordance with customs and the rules of the criminal subculture, all persons with lower criminal statuses are obliged to obey unquestioningly.
Therefore, a conspiracy version arose: maybe the thieves want to “clean up the ranks” in order to get someone out of jail under the “thieves” article?
– I don’t see any connection, – says Lilya Kharina. – Mainly Shakro’s run is aimed at reducing the number of thieves – “de-passportization”. Paradoxically, one does not have to be an active thief to get attracted or get a term for the highest position in the criminal hierarchy.
SPECIFICALLY
423 people currently have the status of a thief in law
314 of them are at large.
109 are serving sentences in the colony.
64 – under arrest.