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August 8, 2003 in the Spanish resort of Marbella, was detained one of the last surviving leaders of the group Andrei Orekhov Pylev nicknamed dwarf. Among the most notorious crimes of organized crime groups - the murder of Alexander Solonik hitman and a businessman Otari Kvantrishvili. Who were the "Orekhov" and what happened to them - in the gallery "Kommersant-Online».
Orekhovskaya OPG was formed in the south of Moscow near Shipilovskaya street at the end of the 1980s. It mainly includes young people 18-25 years of age with the general interests of the sport.
Over the years, OPG has grown into one of the largest criminal networks in Moscow. The group became famous as one of the most brutal Russian gang of the 1990s, on account of its high-profile cases such as murder and attempted Otari Kvantrishvili Boris Berezovsky in 1994, as well as the murder of a famous killer Alexander Solonik in Greece in 1997. In the second half of 1990 OPG, most of whose leaders fell victim to internal squabbles, weakened. In the early 2000s the remaining Orekhov "authorities" came to court and have been sentenced to long prison terms.
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In the photo: members of organized crime groups Komahin Victor (second from the left, shot in 1995) and Igor Chernakov (third from left, was killed in 1994 on the day after the assassination of the leader of OPG Sylvester)





The 90s brought significant profits thimblerig. Orekhov Brigade krysheval thimblerigger from stores "Polish Fashion", "Leipzig", "Electronics", "Belgrade" at the metro station "Domodedovo" and "Southwest»



Orekhovskaya OPG also extorted money from drivers involved in private taxi driver in the metro "Kashira". In 1989, the control group crossed the Soviet gas stations and Krasnogvardeisky districts of Moscow.
In the photo (left to right): Andrew Pylev (Dwarf, in prison), Sergey Anan'evskij (Kultik, killed in 1996), Gregory Husyatyn (Grisha Severny, killed in 1995) and Sergei Butorin (Osia, received a life sentence)



Leader of the group was Sergei Timofeev, received the nickname of Sylvester resemblance to actor Sylvester Stallone. He was killed September 13, 1994 - his Mercedes 600 was blown up on the 3rd Tverskaya street. Murder Sylvester was a blow to organized crime groups and the division of his inheritance was worth the life of most of the leaders of the "Orekhov". The killers have not yet been found, and the number of possible organizers even called Boris Berezovsky: it is associated with Sylvester attempted businessman summer of 1994



According to one version, the murder of Sylvester could be revenge for the shooting of the leader of OPG Bauman Valery Dlugach named Globe (pictured right). Dlugach was killed in 1993 by Alexander Thessaloniki - Kurgan killer OPG, which at the time worked with Orekhovskaya



While Sylvester was alive, his power brings together several teams whose leaders were friends: pentathlete Igor Abramov (Manager, killed in 1993), champion of the USSR in 1981 boxing Oleg Kalistratov (Calistrat, killed in 1993), hockey player Igor Chernakov (Losers; pictured right, was killed in 1995), boxer Dmitry Sharapov (Dimon, killed in 1993), bodybuilder Leonid Kleshenko (Uzbek elder, pictured left, was killed in 1993)



In 1993-1994, in Orekhovskaya OPG joined Medvedkovo group.
In the photo, one of the leaders of "Orekhov" Sergei Butorin (left) with colleague Andrew Medvedkovo dust (Dwarf, is now serving a prison sentence)



One of the most notorious cases was the murder Orekhovskaya OCG associated with criminal circles businessman Otari Kvantrishvili. He was killed April 5, 1994 at the exit of the Krasnaya Presnya baths one of the "Orekhov" - Alexey Sherstobitova (Alex Soldier, in 2008, sentenced to 23 years in prison)



Heirs Sylvester fought for power for years. March 4, 1996 near the US Embassy on Novinsky Boulevard was killed by a close aide Sylvester and his successor at OPG Sergei Anan'evskij (Kultik, pictured in the middle). The nickname he received as bodybuilding and was the champion of the USSR in 1991 in powerlifting. As it turned out, the killer was a member of the Kurgan OPG Paul Zelenin



After the death of the head of the OPG Sergei Ananiev was Sergei Volodin (Dragon; pictured left).
Photo: Sergei Ananiev funeral at the cemetery Khovanskoye



Shortly after the assassination of Sergei Ananiev was shot and Sergey Volodin (right). Becomes the new leader of OPG Sergei Butorin (Osia)



Becoming a leader OPG Sergei Butorin entered into an alliance with the "Medvedkovo" - the brothers Andrew and Oleg dust (small and Sanych) and worked with the Kurgan organized crime groups, that has not prevented him from becoming a customer of the main killer "Kurgan" Alexander Solonik. In 1996 Butorin staged his own funeral and for a time went into the shadows, and in the early 2000s fled to Spain but was arrested in 2001 and sentenced to life imprisonment, which is now serving



Alexander Solonik (Valeryanych) - Kurgan killer OPG, who was involved in the murder of his adopted son "kingpin" Jap and Bauman OPG leader Vladislav Wanner named Bobon. He made three escape from custody. He was killed in Greece in 1997, a member of the OPG Alexander Orekhov Pustovalov (Sasha Soldier, in 2005 was sentenced to 22 years in prison) on the orders of Sergei Butorin



Sergei Butorin (pictured) and his accomplices are behind many high-profile murders: the leaders of factions Kuntsevsky Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Kuligina Sokolnichesky groups Vladimir Kutepov (Kutepov) and other



Marat Polyansky - killer, party Orekhovskaya Medvedkovo and OPG. He was involved in the murder of Kurgan killer OPG Alexander Solonik and Otari Kvantrishvili. He was detained in February 2001 in Spain. In January 2013, sentenced to 23 years in prison



Oleg Pylev (pictured), was detained in 2002 in Odessa, Andrei Pylev - in 2003 in Spain. Oleg Pylev was sentenced to 24 years in prison, Andrew - 21 years



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