The Kursk Regional Court sentenced members of the criminal group, including the leader in criminal environment Dmitry Volobuevformer vice-mayor of Kursk Nikolay Zaitsev to terms from three to 24 years in prison, informed on Friday, the press service of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region.
“In Kursk, a group of people were convicted of committing a number of grave and especially grave crimes. By a court verdict, the men were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 24 to three years, serving in prison, colonies of a strict, special and general regime. The activity of the criminal group was stopped thanks to a well-coordinated the work of the investigating authorities in cooperation with the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kursk region,” the statement said. Members of the criminal group operated on the territory of Kursk and the Kursk region from July 2011 to May 2017.
According to investigators, Dmitry Volobuev, who is a leader in the criminal environment, organized the murder in 2013 of his friend Sergei Delyukin, believing that he, in turn, was involved in the attempted murder of him in June 2011. For the assassination, Volobuev attracted Yevgeny Kozheykin and Dmitry Lifinsky from among his entourage as executors. Volobuev also organized the murder in 2015 of his acquaintance Vyacheslav Khodyrevsky, who insulted Volobuev during the conflict. Lifinsky again acted as the executor of the murder, and Kozheikin and Roman Ivanov, who were also part of Volobuev’s inner circle, became accomplices.
In addition, from 2013 to 2016, Volobuev, Kozheikin, Nikolai Zaitsev, who was the current vice-mayor of Kursk, and his son Vladimir, who was previously an employee of the internal affairs bodies, demanded that the head of the garage-building cooperative transfer ownership of 20 garage boxes with a total worth more than 6 million rubles. After threats and psychological pressure, the head of the cooperative signed the acceptance certificates.
Kommersant.Ru, 04/10/2019, “Kursk Vice Mayor dragged into organized criminal group”: According to investigators, since 2013, the head of the Kursk police, together with the “leader of the criminal environment” Dmitry Volobuev and other accomplices, began to exert “psychological pressure” on businessman Vitaly Shchelkunov, owner and head of Avto-star LLC. This company erected a garage-building cooperative for 240 boxes on Pobeda Avenue, 20 of which the defendants demanded to be transferred to the ownership of Nikolai Zaitsev.
For several years, Mr. Shchelkunov and his wife received threats of violence and murder, and surveillance was organized for the entrepreneur.
As a result, in the spring of 2016, he agreed to transfer the property to the colonel’s son. For this, a fictitious agreement on participation in the shared construction of garages was drawn up. […]
“Zaitsev and Volobuev had known each other for a long time, and it was Zaitsev who proposed to commit an illegal seizure, it was his proposal,” an interlocutor familiar with the investigation explained to Kommersant. — Inset K.ru
163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
As a result, Nikolai Zaitsev was sentenced to 9 years in a strict regime colony and deprivation of the rank of colonel. An aggravating circumstance was the commission of a crime in the position of a law enforcement officer. He was also sentenced to restriction of freedom for 1 year 8 months with the establishment of specific restrictions and a fine of 800 thousand rubles,
Vladimir Zaitsev was sentenced to 8 years in a strict regime colony with restriction of freedom for 2 years with the establishment of specific restrictions, with a fine of 800 thousand rubles and the deprivation of the title of lieutenant of justice.
“As if they were given for murder,” Vladimir Nikolaevich comments on his sentence. — Inset K.ru
“Also, Volobuev, his brother and Georgy Kryukov, who was previously an employee of the internal affairs bodies, acting as part of a criminal group, using fictitious documents, transferred funds in the amount of more than 30 million rubles to the settlement accounts of controlled commercial organizations, which they subsequently turned in their favor by cashing out,” the press service added.
As noted in the department, during the investigation of crimes, employees of the regional investigative department conducted about 180 interrogations, at least six identifications, 12 checks of testimony on the spot, more than 30 searches, appointed and conducted 50 forensic examinations. Also, as part of the investigation of the criminal case, the property of the convicts was arrested for a total amount of more than 40 million rubles. As a result of the investigation of the criminal case, more than 100 volumes have been compiled.
Volobuev’s gang: murders, racketeering and fraud
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© dddkursk.ru07/04/2022, In Kursk, a verdict is passed on the “gang” of Dmitry Volobuev
Igor Zabelin
DDD decided to tell in detail what each of the eight members of this criminal community is accused of.
Recall that eight members of the gang are on trial in the regional court: Dmitry Volobuev, his brother Nikolai, former head of the Kursk Ministry of Internal Affairs Nikolai Zaitsev, his son Vladimir, as well as members of a criminal group and participants in a number of crimes – Evgeny Kozheykin, Dmitry Kharlamov, Georgy Kryukov and Roman Ivanov.
As DDD was told in the regional investigative department, Dmitry Volobuev is accused of organizing contract killings of Kursk residents Sergey Delyukin and Vyacheslav Khodyrevsky, forcibly appropriating ownership of 20 garages in the GSK on Pobedy Kursk Avenue with a total cost of 8 million 200 thousand rubles, organizing arson of a BMW car X5″ on June 20, 2012 on Shchepkina Street, as well as a number of frauds and extortions. One of the frauds was committed against the Kursk LLC “Complex-Lift” in the amount of 96.5 million rubles.
Dmitry Volobuev’s brother Nikolai is accused of major fraud against Kursk-based Complex-Lift LLC in the amount of 96.5 million rubles.
Nikolai Zaitsev, the former head of the Kursk Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and his son Vladimir are being tried for their participation in the forcible appropriation of ownership of 20 garages in the GSK on Pobedy Prospekt Kursk with a total value of 8 million 200 thousand rubles.
Evgeny Kozheykin will be sentenced by the regional court for participating in the contract killings of Sergei Delyukin in early February 2013 in the North-Western microdistrict of Kursk and Vyacheslav Khodyrevsky, who was shot dead on April 20, 2015 on Kryukov Street in Kursk.
Dmitry Kharlamov is accused of large-scale extortion against Komcenter LLC in Kursk.
Roman Ivanov ended up on trial for participating in the contract killing of Vyacheslav Khodyrevsky on April 20, 2015 on Kryukov Street.
Based on the materials of the investigation, the regional court accuses Georgy Kryukov of major fraud against the Kursk-based Complex-Lift LLC in the amount of 96.5 million rubles.
Crime boss Sergei Delyukin, also known as Dilya, was shot dead near his house. It is Volobuev who is accused of organizing the murder of a competitor. According to the investigation, the leader of the criminal gang was also involved in the massacre of Vyacheslav Khodyrevsky. After the assassination attempt, he called his wife and blamed Volobuev for everything, and soon died. […]
Volobuev himself more than once became the victim of an assassination attempt. In the early 2000s, during a Mercedes explosion, he lost his foot. It was then that the businessman had a limp, which became his hallmark. At previous meetings, Volobuev paid special attention to this case and accused law enforcement officers of dishonest work.
“For 20 years, no case was started against me, why someone wanted to kill me and blow me up. Nobody started it right,” Dmitry Volobuev told the judge. — Inset K.ru
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“He made chaos, as in the 90s”: what is the ex-head of the Kursk police department being tried for
Ksenia Klepcha
Murders of competitors, an attempt to unleash a war between criminal clans, racketeering and fraud – this is an incomplete list of crimes that Kursk resident Dmitry Volobuev and several of his accomplices are accused of. Among the alleged members of the organized criminal group are the former head of the local department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, deputy head of the city administration Sergey Zaitsev and his son. The investigation believes that the patronage of a high-ranking official for many years allowed the gang to escape punishment.
Crime Wars
In the UK, Volobuev’s gang is called one of the most influential and cruel in the region. Its alleged leader, 41-year-old businessman Dmitry Volobuev, nicknamed Volobuy, began his career in a private security company in the late 90s.
He quickly entered the local criminal environment, but did not collect his own group until ten years later. According to investigators, Volobuev was fond of sports from his youth and recruited into the “team” those who shared his hobby. He distributed all subordinates into two structural divisions: one dealt with economic crimes, the other with the accompanying “dirty work”.
Law enforcement agencies believe that Volobuev’s brother Nikolai was responsible for the economic “direction”. Its structure controlled several city enterprises and kept the accounts of the group.
Members of the “power section”, in turn, intimidated businessmen who refused to cooperate “in a good way”, and formed the image of the organized criminal group as one of the most influential and cruel gangs in the region. In addition, the investigation attributes to Volobuev intrigues in the local criminal environment.
In particular, in 2012, in order to quarrel two rival clans, the gang leader ordered the burning of a BMW X5 that belonged to one of the criminal leaders. As planned, the victim was supposed to suspect not Volobuev’s people, but his main competitor, of setting fire, after which he would unleash a war.
Whether the plan succeeded, the investigation does not specify, however, Volobuy’s “team” gradually strengthened its position. Influential patrons also contributed to this: according to the investigation, the ex-head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Kursk, deputy head of the city administration Sergey Zaitsev was listed in the organized criminal group.
personal revenge
According to the prosecution, more often than not, intimidation was enough to force businessmen to “cooperate” with the group. At the same time, the gang has two murders. The power unit of the organized crime group got rid of those with whom Volobuev had personal scores. There were legends about the incredible vindictiveness of the leader of the group.
The first victim was the local crime boss Sergei Delyukin, nicknamed Dilya. Volobuev believed that Dilya was involved in the attempt on his life. In June 2010, near the cafe “Chantal” in Kursk, unknown people seriously injured the leader of the gang, he survived, but lost part of his leg. A few years later, Volobuev figured out the offenders.
On the morning of February 9, 2013, Dilya left the house to take out the trash. The killer fired nine bullets at him, six hit the target.
According to relatives, Dilya, although he was seriously wounded, remained conscious: the bullets went right through and did not hit his vital organs. Relatives believe that he was finished off by the actions of Sergei Zaitsev, at that time the deputy head of the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
“Zaitsev was the first to jump to the place. Why did he come there? He didn’t let him take him out (the victim from the scene. – Approx. ed.), – Delyukin’s mother told reporters after the first court session.
The second victim of the group was a local businessman Khodyrevsky, who publicly insulted Volobuev. According to investigators, the leader of the gang did not immediately take revenge: his people dealt with the offender a year later. On the evening of April 20, 2015, Khodyrevsky received two bullets in the back and died in the hospital a day later.
I framed myself
The security forces believe that Volobui’s gang was killed by the lust for power and attempts to quarrel and eliminate competitors. His name surfaced during the investigation of other criminal cases related to wars between criminal gangs.
In March 2017, Volobuev was detained. He was first charged with organizing two murders and fraud. Together with him, they took the direct perpetrators of the murders. They made a deal with the investigation and added details about the activities of the organized crime group. And when rumors about Volobuev’s arrest spread throughout the city, statements from victims of racketeering poured into the police.
In one of these complaints were the names of the deputy head of the administration of Kursk, the former head of the local department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Sergei Zaitsev, and his son. According to investigators, Zaitsev and Volobuev took part of the garage-building cooperative from one of the businessmen. Zaitsev was arrested a few months later.
Investigators found that the leader of the gang managed to cash in even on his disability. After the assassination attempt in 2012, Volobuev acquired a prosthesis worth about 2.5 million rubles. I bought it myself, but then managed to double the cost of the purchase at the expense of the state.
The investigation lasted almost two years. The charge was brought under many articles: from the destruction of other people’s property to the creation of a criminal group. The criminal case took 105 volumes. Now the materials are already in court.
There were ten criminals in the dock. Two – the perpetrators of the murders – have already received terms. Despite active cooperation with the investigation, they failed to avoid severe punishment: the killers were given 12 and 15 years in prison.