Local businessman Vladimir Barsukov, reportedly one of the former leaders of the Tambov criminal group, has been arrested on suspicion of forming a criminal gang, murder, attempted execution-style contract killing and other crimes, the Prosecutor General’s press-office said on Monday.
Barsukov, who changed his last name from Kumarin in the 1990s, was arrested on Aug. 22 during a special raid carried out by a joint team of law enforcement officers from Moscow and St. Petersburg, prosecutors said. The businessman was then transferred to Moscow’s Lefortovo prison and criminal investigation isolation ward, where he is currently being held.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
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