71692788 OPG leader jailed for the murder of a "liaison" between the crime and the prosecution
The Moscow City Court sentenced him to 16 years in prison Kurgan gang leader. On this June 6 RIA Novosti reported. RIA Novosti calls convicted Andrei Vershinin, and the Interfax news agency – Pavel Vershinin. Earlier, the media did not mention Paul's Vershinin, but mentioned Andrew. However, some sources reported that he responds to the nickname of Little, and some told that his nickname – Top. The schedule of meetings of the Moscow City Court on criminal cases on June 6, the defendant named Vershinin is not mentioned. According to RIA Novosti, the leader of OPG was found guilty of three murders, including the murder of crime boss Valery Kazakov, who was considered a "liaison" between the underworld and the Moscow region prosecutor's office. August 1, 2008 Kazakova shot and finished off with a knife on the verge of Pushkin prosecutors. In 2011 his name was regularly mentioned in the media in connection with the so-called "gambling scandal (prosecutors accused of having links with Ivan Nazarov, who is considered the successor to Kazakov). Vershinin also found guilty of murdering Director General of the International Centre for Nuclear Safety, Ministry of Atomic Energy Sergei Bugayenko committed 27 February 2003. The elderly scholar was killed in his own doorway blow to the head. Investigators looked at two versions – according to the first, Bugaenko killed in connection with professional activities, and according to the second, the scientist was hit by thieves, whom he found at his home. In May 2011, killing Bugaenko confessed member of the Kurgan group Alexei Evseev (it will be judged June 10). Finally, Vershinin was found guilty of murder kingpin Minalyana Alika, who was gunned down in Moscow from a vending machine in 2009. Previously reported that the suspect in the murder of Kurgan gang member Konstantin Grigoryev. According to the agency Rosbalt, under that name lived for some time Vershinin (he had a fake passport). On the detention of Andrei Vershinin was announced in September 2009. It was reported that the leader of organized crime groups, who had been wanted internationally, has changed the appearance, got a passport in the name of Grigoriev and lived in a cottage in suburban Pushkino. At the same time in different locations were detained a few ordinary members of the gang. They are suspected in more than 20 murders. The Kurgan group was established in early 1990 in the Kurgan region. Soon, the criminals fled to Moscow. We had a few gang leaders, the most famous of which – killer Alexander Solonik named Sasha Macedonia (in 1997 was killed by a member of the group Orekhovsky Alexander Pustovalov named Sasha Soldat). First Kurgan gang performed contract killings for other groups rovok and, later, the gang members started to kill the leaders of other factions and take control of commercial structures. In the early 2000's Kurgan OPG has moved to the Pushkin area suburbs and continued criminal activity. In 2008, a gang came into conflict with Kazakov, the standoff ended with his assassination.
