Monsters from the 90's: the 7 most famous killers of Russia

Those who caught 90 years, remember how often in crime reports featured a high-profile contract killings. Eliminated competitors in business, debtors and creditors, bosses, and even colleagues in criminal activity. The demand for the murder was so great that the profession of a killer has become incredibly popular. In assassins were former athletes, criminals, the military and even the police.

The killers were everywhere — on the news, novels, movies and TV shows, and even in the dreams of boys who thought it's a bloody craft cash and romantic. Who actually was the famous the killers ' 90s, and what people are doing today, those of them who managed to survive?

Aslan Gagiev, known in criminal circles as Jacko, is considered one of the bloodiest butchers Russia. On account of its controlled group of assassins 60 victims. In the mid-90s, this native of Georgia managed to unite the 55 people in a powerful and deeply conspiratorial gang that was operating in Moscow, the Moscow region and North Ossetia.

Unlike many other killers, who preferred to shoot from sniper rifles from the shelter or in a dark alley from a pistol, the soldiers Gagieva loved noisy executions of machines, releasing each victim at least 25 bullets. Also often they strangled his victims with plastic bags and tape.

In 2015, Gagaev was detained in Austria by local authorities and handed over to Russia. The crime of "baggage" Jacko is so great that the investigation of the most effective killer of the 90s is already 4 years old and talking about the end too early.

The number of murders committed by a killer Alexander Salonica, also known as Alexander the great, is unknown. It is believed that he was responsible for several dozen deaths. A former police officer Solonik changed many professions until he joined Kurgan criminal group, where he immediately became very popular.

Excellent accuracy and ability to shoot "in Macedonian" with two hands, provided Salonika respect in the underworld. The killer used in the work of different weapons, from pistols TT and sniper rifles to rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Alexander the great was one of the highest paid professionals — his fees reached half a million dollars.

Also kills Solonik became famous, and other talents. The killer knew how to skillfully change the appearance and get out of the most hopeless situations. He was the only man who managed to escape from the famous Moscow detention center "Matrosskaya Tishina".

Despite his skills, Solonik was eliminated by a colleague in the profession Alexander by Pustovalova named Sasha, a Soldier, a killer Orekhovskaya gang. Solonik and his mistress Svetlana Kotova, finalist of the contest "Miss Russia 1996", was killed in 1997 in a rented Villa in Greece, where they lived under false names.

Killer Oleg Pronin never suffered from false modesty, therefore, began to call themselves al Capone, after the famous American gangster. The way in killer Pronin started with the most prosaic of crime — he has some minor robberies, protection of sharps, market racket.

Only al Capone committed 22 murders, most famous of which was the elimination of the senior investigator of spectaculator Yuri Cereza. He conducted the case Orekhovskaya OPG was "not negotiated". Murder Pronin was prepared very carefully — he's dressed as a homeless person and a few days watching the house where he lived Keresi. One time he even had to lay down in the mud to look very convincing.

Carefully studied the routes of the investigator, the killer was not difficult to get close enough to him to kill four shots. In 2014, the court sentenced Oleg Pronin to 24 years in prison. Is that information even from prison, the killer managed to coordinate his accomplices of the Orekhovskaya OPG.

How many people exactly killed Alexander Pustovalov, nicknamed Sasha Soldier, only knows he is. In his youth, Pustovalov was actively engaged in martial arts and so went to serve in the Marines. After demobilization, he planned to get a job in law enforcement, but met with members of the Orekhovskaya OPG and joined its ranks.

Your job as a Hitman Sasha Soldiers began with the massacre of members of his own criminal gang. For animal cruelty colleagues nicknamed him "the butcher" that is very flattering to the killer. The offending bandits Pustovalov killed during a feast, after which the "assorted designer", that is dismembered.

The number of victims of Sasha soldier was also obstinate businessmen, debtors and other killers, for example, Alexander Solonik, was killed by Pustovalova in Greece. In order to get closer to the victim, Soldiers often wore a bum or a janitor. Favorite weapon offender was easy and convenient Glock, who had no guard.

Countryman and fellow Orekhovskaya OPG Oleg Pronin Igor Sosnovskiy named Cipit killed 16 people. In the mid 90-ies it took the gang on the recommendation of al Capone and was immediately given his first assignment. The debut of the former paratrooper was the murder of one of the members of the group, who began to use drugs and this annoyed the leaders.

Ordering Sosnovskiy performed so efficiently that his victim, but the most guilty, was the friend of a drug addict who find themselves unwitting witness to the violence. This was followed by other jobs that Cipit performed efficiently. Sosnovskiy people were killed with special cynicism, mostly in the daytime and very boldly. Worked the killer piece and for a good salary in dollars, which he paid at the end of each month.

Law enforcement officers followed the trail of the killer a long 17 years, until it was issued roommate accidentally saw an APB out for wanted criminal. In addition to murders in sosnovskis including 5 counts of attempted murder and illegal arms trafficking. In 2017, the killer was sentenced to 18 years and 8 months of imprisonment.

Sergey Frolov, who had in criminal circles nickname Bolton, joined the Orekhovskaya OPG simultaneously with Igor Sosnovsky. Subsequently, they became friends and even performed together some orders. Today we know about the sacrament of Bolton to 16 murders, but the investigation is not over yet.

The first murder Frolov made in 1997, eliminating Sergei Shevchenko, member of the Golitsyn hostile gang. As with the task Bolton was corrected very well, it began to be used as a full-time killer, charging the murder of a variety of people.

Among the victims Frolova as members of rival gangs and witnesses in criminal cases, is able to harm the leaders of the Orekhovskaya group. Career killers were very long — in 2014, he shot a well-known lawyer Tatiana Akimtseva and her driver.

Known as Alex Soldier, the killer Medvedkovo OPG Alexey Sherstobitov is on account of 12 proven murders. Alex's father was in the military and he also graduated from a military school and even served as an inspector in the special Department of the interior Ministry. Sherstobitov is seriously involved in sports and with her future boss met in the gym.

His criminal career Alex Soldier began as a security guard outlets owned by the group. But then ordinary bandits large framed, hanging on him a debt for a large shipment of weapons. To give the opportunity to pay with the ringleader of the gang, Sherstobitova raised to the killer, and ordered to carry out an assassination.

On his first mission Alex Soldiers went with the RPG-18 "Fly", but miserably failed. Despite the unsuccessful debut, the killer is one of the most efficient killers in the history of Russian organized crime. He killed a prominent businessman Otari Kvantrishvili and owner of the strip club "Dolls" Joseph Glazer.

Murder Glazer was recognized as a top skill in entrepreneur Alex Soldier fired a revolver from a distance of 47 metres and hit right in the head. Not to take away from the killer was and ingenuity. To eliminate the President of the company "Russian Gold" Alexander Tarantsev, Sherstobitov produced a small automatic installation, which was placed in the trunk of a car.

Due to a failure in the time mechanism Kalashnikov assault rifle started shooting two hours after the scheduled time, so instead Tarantseva a security guard was killed and injured bystanders. In 2006, the killer was arrested, and in 2008 he was given 13 years. Later the term was increased to 23 years since surfaced previously unknown murders.

Despite a long time, Sherstobitov not discouraged in prison, he married, wrote several books about his eventful life, and even arranges a photo shoot.