Since the late 80s of the last century, criminal gangs began to emerge in all regions of the collapsing Union. They did not hide from anyone, were not afraid of anyone, and acted brazenly and defiantly. Members of gangs stole, kidnapped and killed people, took other people's property, and all this with almost impunity. Brigades in large cities were especially cruel, where there was something to divide and something to fight for. Since the beginning of the 80s, the largest association of criminal groups, called the Malyshevskys, operated in Leningrad.

Historical reference

The dashing 90s “gave” Russia the majority of today’s oligarchs, businessmen and major politicians. At that time, it was very easy to “rise” both in terms of finances and authority. The newly-minted democratic state found itself practically defenseless against hundreds of criminal groups that emerged in a “free” society like mushrooms after rain. These gangs were usually led by strong, charismatic individuals who were able to organize disparate gangs and create a powerful personal army.

The activities of the groups were not varied. They tried to take control of small and large enterprises, establish their authority in the region and city and, of course, get a lot of money. To achieve these goals, the bandits did not hesitate to use any methods: they kidnapped, tortured, threatened and killed people, engaged in hostile takeovers, theft, robbery and other illegal activities.

The police could not resist the well-armed and merciless bandits. Most government officials preferred to make deals with criminal forces rather than resist them. Those few who challenged the bandits of the 90s, unfortunately, paid with their lives and the lives of their relatives and friends.

Those bandits who were smarter realized in time that life like this It’s unlikely to last long, so they managed to organize a legal business in time or flee abroad with the money they earned.

History of the Malyshev group

The founder and leader of the group was Alexander Malyshev, a former wrestler and a man with authority in certain circles. By the mid-80s, he managed to commit two particularly serious crimes: intentional murder and murder by negligence. After serving his sentence, Malyshev was released. For several months he “worked” as a thimble-maker at the Senny Market, worked as a doorman, was a co-operator, and even a member of the board of a joint-stock company.

For some time, Malyshev himself was “under the roof” of the Tambov organized crime group, his foreman was Vladimir Kumarin, a well-known criminal authority in St. Petersburg. Gradually, their own team is formed around the charismatic Kid, and several disparate gangs unite. Subsequently, this group will become the most influential in the city on the Neva and throughout Russia. Until 1989, the Tambovskys and Malyshevskys worked together, but after an absurd quarrel between the leaders they became serious competitors.

Biography of G. Petrov

Gennady Petrov was born in Leningrad in 1947 during the difficult post-war years for the city. Despite his criminal record, he managed to get a job as a foreman at the Moskovsky railway station, but he became famous for another reason. In 1987, fate brought him together with Alexander Malyshev, at that time already a well-known crime boss. Petrov joined his team and for several years they worked side by side. But an absurd quarrel over a banal leather jacket led to a shootout and the division of the group into two parts.

After the split, the biography of Gennady Petrov took a different turn. He proves himself to be a strong and extraordinary leader. He carries out some kind of reform within his team, after which the activities of individual gangs were clearly distributed. Some were involved in drugs, some in hotels, prostitutes and tourism, others provided security for controlled enterprises.

Compound

At first, the group consisted of disparate gangs with their own small “princelings” and spheres of influence in certain areas of the city. Violent clashes occurred, sometimes accompanied by murders, explosions, kidnappings, etc. Since the late 80s, these gangs united under one command, a clear structure was created:

  • The “Sasha Sailor” gang was involved in controlling cargo transportation throughout Russia and abroad and had an official security service.
  • Yuri Komarov's gang covered big piece business of the region, collected tribute from companies involved in tourism and camping; on this basis, clashes often arose with other opposing groups, and over time the niche went to the Chechen brigades.
  • Pankratov's gang watched the largest hotel in the city and one of the districts.
  • Stanislav Zharinov’s gang exercised “supervision” over the service sector of St. Petersburg.

One of the groups controlled Krasnoye Selo, the other, created from former prisoners of the colony-settlement, controlled the Oktyabrskaya hotel and the Krasnoselsky district. After separating from the Tambov gang, the leaders of the Malyshevskaya gang, including Gennady Petrov, seriously began to competently distribute the activities of the controlled brigades, in all respects corresponding to the motto “divide and conquer”.

Activity

In the dashing 90s, hundreds of enterprising people became rich overnight, becoming owners of entire factories, holdings and even industries. And it all started the same way - with the forceful or relatively forceful seizure of property. So the Malyshevskaya brigade began with protecting markets, stalls and small cooperatives and gradually moved on to control the largest enterprises of the Northern capital, which formally continued to remain state-owned.

At first, the organized crime group of Gennady Petrov was engaged in raiding, kidnapping and extortion, without caring about the consequences and possible criminal prosecution. Even then, the leader of the Malyshevskys made influential friends at the very top of power. Over time, legal agencies were created to deal with the same racketeering, but now the bandits had official permission to carry weapons and conduct security activities. According to some reports, the Delta-22 company carried out the orders of the leaders of the Malyshevskaya group and was involved in the kidnappings and murders of unwanted businessmen.

Legal business

The leader of the Malyshevskaya organized crime group, G. Petrov, by the age of 40, had moved away from open participation in gangster activities. He turned out to be a good organizer and manager. He quickly got used to the role of a businessman, successfully carried out transactions, concluded contracts, and, if necessary, resorted to more radical measures. Petrov managed to make friends with many managers of St. Petersburg, and when they left for the capital in the late 90s and early 00s, he skillfully used his friendship to promote large commercial projects.

The rise of the group

The heyday of Petrov’s group began in 1992. At that time, the largest and richest districts of the city were under the influence of the Malyshevskaya organized crime group: Krasnoselsky, Kirovsky, Moskovsky, Kalininsky and Central. All private and state organizations paid monthly “tribute”, in addition, the bandits themselves opened commercial enterprises.

Basically, the leaders of the Malyshev brigade created salons for intimate services, saunas, and a small weapons factory was opened for the production of small-caliber weapons. Most of the income came from the drug market, here the Malyshevites managed to “move” the Azerbaijanis.

Criminal activity

Over time, the organized crime group of Gennady Petrov entered into legal or semi-legal business. Petrov opened a network of gambling establishments throughout the city and region. Close friends in the city administration and tax services helped him quickly collect Required documents and beat all possible competitors.

Subsequently, connections with high patrons more than once helped Petrov in business. According to some printed publications, in 1992 he opened construction company together with Mikhail Shelomov. By the mid-90s, the personality of Gennady Petrov in St. Petersburg and even in Moscow became known in high circles. One of his most significant and successful commercial projects was his participation in the management of Rossiya Bank.

Petrov's name is associated with many criminal authorities and businessmen in Russia. He knew some of them personally, did business with others or lived in the neighborhood. Thus, among his acquaintances were the Kovalchuk brothers, owners of Rossiya Bank; Gennady Timchenko, famous Russian entrepreneur and founder of the investment company Volga Group; Vladimir Yakunin, Vladimir Kumarin, leader of the Tambov group; Petrov also communicated with Leonid Khristoforov, who was involved in the murder of Galina Starovoitova.

Life in Spain

In 1996, Gennady Vasilyevich Petrov and Alexander Ivanovich Malyshev were arrested Russian authorities on suspicion of banditry and extortion. But Petrov was lucky; he was soon released and immediately, with some of his associates, moved to Spain for permanent residence; fortunately, he had more than enough money for a comfortable life.

The entire business in Russia remained under the strict supervision of the manager; he exercised control via telephone. Subsequently, it is this habit of discussing matters that will become the beginning of criminal prosecution. Sometimes he personally came to St. Petersburg and Moscow to monitor the work of his authorized representatives.

Operation Troika

The Spanish authorities have always paid close attention to wealthy Russian citizens who came to Europe for business or life. In Spanish prisons different time there were crime bosses Shakro Molodoy, Tariel Oniani and Vitaly Izgilov.

The Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon became interested in the case of the Russian businessman; he was already quite famous in the world in connection with the case of the Chilean dictator Pinochet. Together with the investigative authorities of Spain, the judge analyzed the activities of Petrov and came to the conclusion that he and his people were involved in murders, kidnappings and large-scale tax fraud.

The charges were based on telephone conversations, which were conducted in Spain by Gennady Petrov. The investigation had facts about the connection of the Russian businessman with many influential persons of the Russian Federation. He helped transport and “launder” huge funds, including budget funds, and also solve the problems of competitors. Among his close acquaintances, the Spanish authorities name Anatoly Serdyukov, Viktor Zubkov, Dmitry Kozak and even German Gref.

Investigation

The arrest of crime boss Gennady Petrov received a huge resonance in the world. This was not about an ordinary criminal, but about a person associated with the government of the Russian Federation. Spanish and Russian media immediately responded with a series of reports about the criminal sphere. The criminal investigation lasted 7 years and was eventually presented to the public in more than 400 pages.

Results of the investigation

While the investigation was ongoing in Spain, Petrov ensured that he was released on bail of 1 million euros. Soon he asked to leave the country, supposedly to meet with his elderly mother, but, once in Russia, the businessman got lost and had no intention of returning to Europe. The Spanish authorities have repeatedly sought the extradition of the criminal, to which the investigative authorities of our country responded with a categorical refusal. Perhaps Petrov’s influential connections in high circles worked.

Today, the exact location of Gennady Petrov is unknown, it is only known that his activities continue. His two sons are involved in large projects, such as the 585 chain of jewelry stores, and also control construction and financial companies in different regions Russia. The Spanish authorities, in anticipation of the fugitive criminal, gave Petrov's property to charity.

Biography:

Born on September 9, 1958 in Leningrad. He arrived in St. Petersburg from prison in 1995.

Previously, he was engaged in wrestling, but did not achieve much success. He has many acquaintances among athletes. After two imprisonments in 1977 (premeditated murder) and 1984 (careless murder), he was a “thimble maker” at the Sennaya market, worked under the cover of Kumarin’s group and had the nickname “Kid”. He put together his own group in the late 80s, uniting under his leadership “Tambovtsy”, “Kolesnikovtsy”, “Kemerovotsy”, “Komarovtsy”, “Permtsy”, “Kudryashovtsy”, “Kazanets”, “Tarasovtsy”, “Severodvintsy” , "Sarans", "Efimovtsev", "Voronezh", "Azerbaijanis", "Krasnoyarsk", "Chechens", "Dagestanians", "Krasnoselets", "Vorkuta" and bandits from Ulan-Ude. Each group consisted of 50 to 250 people. The total number of the group is about 2,000 militants.

He was the manager of Nelly-Druzhba LLP and the founder of the Tatti company, which owns a chain of commercial stores.

After a showdown with the Tambovites, he fled to Sweden, from where he spread rumors about his death in a shootout. He returned after the failure of trials against his colleagues. In October 1992, Malyshev and 18 of his closest connections were arrested during the implementation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' investigation into the case of businessman Dadonov. On August 25, 1993, Malyshev’s closest associates were released on their own recognizance: Kirpichev, Berlin, Petrov. The St. Petersburg Boxing Association petitioned for the release of another comrade-in-arms, Rashid Rakhmatulin. Russian Federation French boxing, the Tonus cooperative and the administration of the prison where he was kept. Rashid was released, and the supervising prosecutor V. Osipkin, who opposed this, was soon dismissed from the prosecutor's office.

The trial of Malyshev ended in 1995, he was sentenced to 2.5 years of general regime for illegal carrying and possession of weapons, but since he spent 2 years and 11 months in a pre-trial detention center, he was released.
Source: "Kompromat.Ru" from 1996

Alexander Malyshev moved to Malaga, Spain at the very beginning of the 2000s together with Olga Solovyova. In essence, Malyshev fled from Russia. This happened back in the spring of 1998 - after a number of failed attempts on his life. In the same year he managed to obtain Estonian citizenship. When it turned out that Alexander Ivanovich presented a false birth certificate when filling out the documents, the Estonian authorities imprisoned the newly minted citizen for a whole month. Of course, this was not Malyshev’s first move - he had previously been under arrest on charges of premeditated murder, banditry and illegal possession of weapons.

After his release, Malyshev hastily left Estonia and found refuge in Spain. Here he appeared as Alexander Langas Gonzales, marrying a Latina and taking her last name.

For the period approximately 2001-2008, according to the Spanish police, the amount of money laundered amounted to more than 10 million euros.

In 2002, Malyshev was detained in Germany on suspicion of forging documents to obtain Estonian citizenship.

At the moment, Malyshev shares the highest place in the hierarchy of the criminal group they created with Gennady Petrov and Sergei Kuzmin.
Source: “Novaya Gazeta” No. 50 dated July 16, 2008

Dossier:

In the mid-90s, journalists saw Alexander Malyshev something like this.

The Malyshevskaya organized crime group is the most numerous, but less organized criminal community. Has mafia connections in the middle management of the city. It includes a large number of criminal elements. Dangerous in case of physical collision. the main objective- large commercial structures (including banks). One of the methods is to employ your people in structures and companies of interest, acquire a controlling stake, and train your economic personnel in official educational institutions of the city.

Spheres of influence: Krasnoselsky, Kirov and Moskovsky, part of the Central and Kalinin districts of St. Petersburg.

hotels: "Oktyabrskaya", "Okhtinskaya", "Pribaltiyskaya",

restaurants: "Polyarny", "Universal", "Petrobir"

markets: automobile in Frunzensky district, on the street. Marshal Kazakov and allegedly took control of the Nekrasovsky market.

Antiques trade. Gambling business. Particularly controls Nevsky Prospekt.

Malyshev’s residence was located in the Pulkovskaya Hotel, there was an office on Berezovaya Alley (Kamenny Island), where he received businessmen and, in particular, met with the chairman of the board of the Petrovsky bank, Oleg Golovin. The mediator in the negotiations was Cypriot citizen Getelson.

He maintained connections with Moscow through the leader of the Krylatsky group, Oleg Romanov (killed in the fall of 1994). He created a number of gangster companies: calling prostitutes to homes, cafes, saunas, buying non-ferrous metals, etc.

He used Caucasians to work on collecting debts. He transferred money to financial institutions (banks) of Cyprus, with their help he sought influence on largest banks St. Petersburg. With Malyshev’s money, the Kiselyov Music Center was created, and the “Vivat St. Petersburg!” holidays were held. and "White Nights of Rock and Roll". Organized the underground production of small-caliber revolvers. At the gangway in 1993, he secured the drug trade, leaving the “Azerbaijanis” only with the sale of agricultural products.

After Malshev’s arrest, Moscow thieves in law tried to take control of St. Petersburg crime. Andrei Berzin (Beda), who spoke out against this at the Moscow-St. Petersburg gangway in March 1993, was killed. In the same year, there were attempts on almost all prominent St. Petersburg bandits.

Despite the fact that Malyshev long time was in prison, his authority still remained high. Through his lawyers, he continued to manage cases. By 1995, its structure consisted of 350-400 fighters.
Source: "Kompromat.ru" from 1996

On June 13, 2008, Alexander Malyshev was arrested in Spain as part of the high-profile Troika operation. Some time after the high-profile arrests, journalists managed to general outline to understand the essence of the offenses accused of Russian gangsters in Spain. Firstly, a list of those detained on June 13, 2008 in different cities of Spain was published:
- Gennady Petrov;
- Yuri Salikov (Petrov’s long-time companion);
- Yulia Ermolenko (legal adviser to Petrov);
- Leonid Khristoforov ( right hand Petrova);
- Alexander Malyshev, aka Alexander Lagnas Gonzalez;
- Svetlana Kuzmina (wife of Sergei Kuzmin, Petrov’s old friend);
- Leonid Khazin;
- Olga Solovyova (Malyshev’s common-law wife);
- Ildar Mustafin (Malyshev’s accomplice in the early 90s);
- Juan Antonio Felix (Spanish lawyer);
- Ignacio Pedro (Spanish lawyer);
- Julian Perez (Spanish lawyer);
- Zhanna Gavrilenkova (wife of Viktor Gavrilenkov - Stepanych Jr.);
- Vitaly Izgilov (Moscow thief in law, nicknamed Vitalik the Beast);
- Vadim Romanyuk.

It was in this sequence that their names appeared in the official papers of Spanish justice. Of those listed, only Zhanna Gavrilenkova and Leonid Khazin were released by the court on bail of 100 thousand euros and 6 thousand euros, respectively. The remaining thirteen were arrested.

According to journalistic sources, development began several years ago. Since the fall of 2007, Spanish police have been actively wiretapping Cell phones arrested, conducted covert surveillance of them, and recorded the arrivals of guests. As part of the program international cooperation investigators received information from Greece, Germany and Russia.

The press drew attention to the fact that even in the general, descriptive part of the accusation, the documents contain accurate information about the past convictions of Petrov, Malyshev, Khristoforov, Kuzmin and Mustafin. Moreover, the Spanish Themis knows which of them and when they were involved in the same criminal cases together and how they met decades ago.

Further documents contain information about the hierarchy in the world of the “Russian mafia”. According to Justice Ministry officials, after the arrest of Vladimir Kumarin in 2007, Gennady Petrov became the most influential figure. This happened thanks to the huge amount of money he accumulated and his connections with high-ranking people between 1996 and 2008. The Spaniards are convinced that Petrov’s relationship with Malyshev was not overly close. Nevertheless, it is Alexander Malyshev who can be called the boss. Thus, according to one of the reports, “Malyshev depended on Petrov financially, and Petrov depended on Malyshev historically. Only Malyshev had the opportunity to order and act by force.”

Next to Gennady Petrov, the Spaniards place the figures of Yuri Salikov and Sergei Kuzmin. Yulia Ermolenko is considered Petrov’s trusted legal adviser. Leonid Khristoforov is also present in the scheme, as the person especially responsible for the security of Petrov’s business in Russia.

And in Malyshev’s immediate circle, according to the Spaniards’ calculations, is Ildar Mustafin. His area of ​​responsibility is similar to Khristoforov’s. He is called Alexander Malyshev’s personal clerk common-law wife- Olga Solovyova.

Viktor Gavrilenkov and his wife Zhanna settled near the Malyshev-Petrov junction. It is thanks to Gavrilenkov that the Spaniards add the brand “Tambov” to the adjective “Malyshevskoe”. Indeed, Viktor Gavrilenkov is the brother of “Tambovo resident” Nikolai Gavrilenkov, nicknamed Stepanych, who was killed in 1995 in St. Petersburg.

At one time, they lived peacefully in the same brigade with Vladimir Kumarin, until in 1994 Kumarin was hit by nine bullets. Kumarin never hid his confidence that it was the Stepanychis who made the decision to liquidate him. After the assassination attempt, which cost Kumarin his hand, it just so happened that Gavrilenkov Sr. was buried in the Kiev-Pechora Lavra, and the younger one was shot with machine guns at the Nevsky Palace Hotel in 1996.

Viktor Gavrilenkov appeared in St. Petersburg only after the arrest of Vladimir Kumarin - 12 years later.

Due to interest in the history of the origin of private property and Russian capital in the provinces of Malaga, Valencia and the Balearic Islands, journalists mentioned Vitaly Izgilov, a Moscow thief in law nicknamed Vitalik the Beast. They did not support the opinion that Izgilov is closely connected with the federal-level thief in law Shakro-Young, who settled there. They referred to recordings of wiretaps of Izgilov’s own telephone conversations, legalized in court. According to Spanish law enforcement officers, many of the films reflect the stereotype of behavior of Russian gangsters in Spain.

Although the main focus of the charges still concerns tax crimes, nevertheless, all those arrested are charged with two unifying articles of the Spanish Criminal Code - 517th, part 1, 517th, parts 1, 2. They relate to the organization of a criminal community.

The following are charges under articles: 301 - legalization of proceeds from crime; 390 and 392 - falsification of financial and other documents; 305 - tax crimes against public property; 251 - false contracts.

An analysis carried out by law enforcement agencies suggests that since the mid-90s in Spain, the accused have created several joint stock companies closed type, which received huge funds from the offshores of Cyprus, Panama and the Virgin Islands. In turn, these CJSCs, through their subsidiaries specializing in real estate transactions, laundered money by buying land and mansions in Spain. The Spanish side directly names two main structures involved in illegal transactions: Inmobiliara Calvia 2001 and Inmobiliara Balear 2001.

In addition to accusations of tax evasion amounting to tens of millions of euros, the Spaniards consider all real estate transactions of these companies illegal and are confident that they will be able to confiscate assets worth 30 million euros. In the meantime, the assets of the detainees and their accounts have been seized. Based on the materials of criminal cases initiated against our “authoritative” fellow countrymen, there are many Russians whom the Spanish royal prosecutor’s office could not take by surprise.

The prosecutor's office believes that in addition to Mikhail Rebo, the financial brain of the Tambov-Malyshev gang, who was arrested by the German police in Berlin, the following may be involved in the fraud:

Sergey Kuzmin (Petrov’s partner);
Salikova's wife Marlena Barbara Salikova (Polish by nationality);
Ruslan Tarkovsky (Mustafin's partner);
Suren Zotov (large businessman from Russia);
the Botishev family (Sergei, wife Nina, daughter Anna), who are the owners of five offshore companies in Cyprus;
Tatyana Solovyova (Solovieva’s mother) and Irina Usova (Solovieva’s sister),
Dordibay Khalimov;
Boris Pevzner.

Also, the Spanish court froze 25 million euros received into the accounts of companies controlled by the accused from banks in Russia, Panama, the Cayman Islands, the USA, Latvia, Switzerland and the UK.

But the core of the accusations are materials received from the Spanish tax police.

For example, on May 30, 2005, JSC Internasion, owned by Gennady Petrov, purchased the yacht SASHA for 3.5 million euros, but did not pay VAT. That is, she hid 530 thousand euros from payment. And on June 22, 2005, Gennady Petrov contributed seven large plots of land to CJSC Inmobiliara and in return received 4,000,000 shares at a price of 1 euro per share. For which I again did not pay tax.

And there are hundreds of such examples.

The Spanish government is convinced that it understands how money from offshore companies was legalized through a closed joint stock company. After which they bought real estate in Spain and Germany. It is still unclear where the money came from offshore. And whose money was it?

Help. Articles of the Spanish Criminal Code imputed to members of the “Tambov-Malyshevsky” community: 515, 517 - creation of illegal (criminal) associations - up to 12 years in prison;
390, 392 - forgery of an official or commercial document - up to three years in prison;
305 - causing damage to the state treasury of Spain - up to six years in prison;
301 - acquisition of property known to have been obtained by criminal means - up to two years in prison;
251 - assignment of false rights to property - up to four years in prison.

It must be taken into account that, in accordance with Spanish law, penalties for individual articles can be summed up when sentencing.

The most numerous, but less organized criminal community. Has mafia connections in the middle management of the city. It includes a large number of criminal elements. Dangerous in case of physical collision. The main target is large commercial structures (including banks). One of the methods is to employ your people in structures and companies of interest, acquire a controlling stake, and train your economic personnel in official educational institutions of the city.

Spheres of influence: Krasnoselsky, Kirov and Moskovsky, part of the Central and Kalinin districts.
hotels: "Oktyabrskaya", "Okhtinskaya", "Pribaltiyskaya",
restaurants: "Polyarny", "Universal", "Petrobir"

Markets: automobile markets in the Frunzensky district, on Marshal Kazakova Street and allegedly takes control of the Nekrasovsky market.

Antiques trade. Gambling business. Particularly controls Nevsky Prospekt.

Management:

Malyshev Alexander Ivanovich, born in 1958.

Previously, he was engaged in wrestling, but did not achieve much success. He has many acquaintances among athletes. After two imprisonments in 1977 (premeditated murder) and 1984 (careless murder), he was a “thimble maker” at the Sennaya market, worked under the cover of Kumarin’s group and had the nickname “Kid”. Contrary to rumors, he was never a thief in law. He put together his own group in the late 80s, uniting under his leadership “Tambovtsy”, “Kolesnikovtsy”, “Kemerovotsy”, “Komarovtsy”, “Permtsy”, “Kudryashovtsy”, “Kazanets”, “Tarasovtsy”, “Severodvintsy” , "Sarans", "Efimovtsev", "Voronezh", "Azerbaijanis", Krasnoyarsk", "Chechens", "Daghestanis", "Krasnoselets", "Vorkuta" and bandits from Ulan-Ude. Each group consisted of 50 to 250 people. The total number of the group is about 2,000 militants.

Malyshev’s residence was located in the Pulkovskaya Hotel, there was an office on Berezovaya Alley (Kamenny Island), where he received businessmen and, in particular, met with the chairman of the board of the Petrovsky bank O.V. Golovin. The mediator in the negotiations was Cypriot citizen Getelson.

He maintained connections with Moscow through the leader of the Krylatsky group, Oleg Romanov (killed in the fall of 1994). He created a number of gangster companies: calling prostitutes to homes, cafes, saunas, buying non-ferrous metals, etc.

He is the manager of Nelly-Druzhba LLP and the founder of the Tatti company, which owns a chain of commercial stores. He used Caucasians to work on collecting debts. He transferred money to financial institutions (banks) of Cyprus, with their help he achieved influence on the largest banks in St. Petersburg. With Malyshev’s money, the Kiselyov Music Center was created, and the “Vivat St. Petersburg!” holidays were held. and "White Nights of Rock and Roll". Organized the underground production of small-caliber revolvers. At the gangway in 1993, he secured the drug trade, leaving the “Azerbaijanis” only with the sale of agricultural products.

After a showdown with the Tambovites, he fled to Sweden, from where he spread rumors about his death in a shootout. He returned after the failure of trials against his colleagues. In October 1992, Malyshev and 18 of his closest connections were arrested during the implementation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' investigation into the case of businessman Dadonov. On August 25, 1993, Malshev’s closest associates were released on their own recognizance: Kirpichev, Berlin, Petrov. The release of another ally, Rashid Rakhmatulin, was petitioned by the St. Petersburg Boxing Association, the Russian Federation of French Boxing, the Tonus cooperative and the administration of the prison where he was held. Rashid was released, and the supervising prosecutor V. Osipkin, who opposed this, was soon dismissed from the prosecutor's office.

After Malshev’s arrest, Moscow thieves in law tried to take control of St. Petersburg crime. Andrei Berzin (Beda), who spoke out against this at the Moscow-St. Petersburg gangway in March 1993, was killed. In the same year, there were attempts on almost all prominent St. Petersburg bandits.

The trial of Malyshev ended in 1995, he was sentenced to 2.5 years of general regime for illegal carrying and possession of weapons, but since he spent 2 years and 11 months in a pre-trial detention center, he was released.

Despite the fact that Malyshev was in prison for a long time, his authority still remained high. Through his lawyers, he continued to manage cases. By 1995, its structure consisted of 350-400 fighters.

Berlin Andrey, born in 1953.

A businessman, mathematician, was a correspondence student and Komsomol activist. He started in business by making fake “branded” jeans. In 1974 he was also charged with burglary. He acted out schizophrenia, spent more than 13 years in psychiatric hospital, where I studied Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Finnish and Swedish languages. At the end of the 80s he took up computer business. Arrested in 1992 in the case of businessman Dadonov. On August 25, 1993, he was released due to insufficient evidence. In early February 1994, he was kidnapped and beaten by a rival group. Released by the police. Now the president of CF "Inex-Limited".

The leadership of the Malyshev group, in addition to those mentioned, includes:
Belobzhevsky Sergei.
Kirpichev Vladislav.
Petrov Gennady.
Severtsev.

The leaders of criminal groups included in the “Malshevo” group are:
Ledovskikh Valery.
The group operates gas stations and gasoline transportation. Has its own external surveillance unit.

Miskarev Sergey (Broiler 1)
The group was recruited by him in the colony-settlement, controls the Oktyabrskaya hotel, and his closest assistant Lunev organized pogroms in the markets.

Musin Sergey (Musik).
The group consists of about 50 people. Controls the Krasnoselsky district. Musin has access to the deputy head of the 8th department. police named Tofik.

Zharinov Stanislav (Stas Zharenny).
The group is engaged in obtaining money from “call girls”; controls the Kirovsky district.

Trinity.
The group carries out external surveillance and radio interception.

Pankratov.
The group controls the Okhtinskaya Hotel.

Komarov Yuri (Komar).
A former cook, a boxer, who ended up in the zone where he ended up for beating him by an authority figure. He built a new restaurant "Gloria", invested money in sports complexes, allegedly, according to rumors, refuses to deal with drugs and has a very bad attitude towards making money through prostitution. The group controls Messrs. Zelenogorsk, Sestroretsk, campsites, recreation centers, foreign tourism. Almost always there was Zelenogorsk or Komarovo. He had connections with the major police leadership of the city of Elenogorsk, the son of one of them worked for him.

According to unverified data, representatives of Transcaucasian criminal structures killed several bodyguards of Komar in the summer of 1995; he himself disappeared and, according to rumors, is hiding either in Germany or Thailand.

Until recently, Komarov managed to restrain newcomers from Tambov, Kazan, and others in his domains. But after the death of the “arbitrator” of the community, Bondarenko Svinary, control in this area passes to the “Chechens.”

Ghaplanyan.
Controls the drug business.

"Sasha Sailor"
Controls road transport and has an external surveillance service.

"Shark".
The group controls the Avtovo district.

"Bug"
The group controls the Krasnoe Selo area.

The Malyshevskaya organized crime group is the most numerous, but less organized criminal community. Has mafia connections in the middle management of the city. It includes a large number of criminal elements. Dangerous in case of physical collision. The main target is large commercial structures (including banks). One of the methods is to employ your people in structures and companies of interest, acquire a controlling stake, and train your economic personnel in official educational institutions of the city.

"Leaders"

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TAMBOVSKY and MALYSHEVSKY are going home!

Based on the experience and mistakes of the Malyshevskaya organized crime group, to which he was related, Vladimir Putin built his own, but in a more civilized manner (without any criminal authorities and criminal elements) and on a larger scale, of a state nature, as the President, and later the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation! !!
link: http://lozero.ru/events/sobkor/2621.html

How the leaders of the Malyshevskaya organized crime group and the son of the Yakuza founded a gambling business in St. Petersburg

Our interlocutor, Japanese entrepreneur Kinichi Komiyasu, who stood at the very origins of the gambling business in the Northern capital in the early 90s, talks about the loudest pages in the history of gangster St. Petersburg: the yakuza, Chechen organized crime groups, Tambov, Malyshev, shooters with gypsy barons, casinos under the patronage of the mayor’s office, mansions surrounded by machine gunners, high-profile arrests, fake documents, ordered court decisions and security raiders.
link: http://crimerussia.ru/organizedcrime/44118.html

Bright spots in the biography of a show businessman: from an episode in the “Malyshevsky bandits case” to Putin’s premiere at a concert of the Federation Foundation

Kiselev’s detention was, according to investigators, just one episode of the big “case of the Malyshevo bandits.” Then more than 20 leaders and members of the organized crime group were arrested (including two active police officers), including Alexander Malyshev himself.
link: http://www.compromat.ru/page_ 31183.htm

Casino of the city of Petrov

How the current St. Petersburg clans were born. How the initial capital of modern power elites and crime bosses was formed. Actually, from what rubbish, by whom and how were giant financial empires created, most of which are still in the shadows. Our interlocutor, Japanese entrepreneur Kinichi Komiyasu, who stood at the very origins of the gambling business in the Northern capital in the early 90s, talks about the loudest pages in the history of gangster St. Petersburg: the yakuza, Chechen organized crime groups, Tambov, Malyshev, shooters with gypsy barons, casinos under the patronage of the mayor’s office, mansions surrounded by machine gunners, high-profile arrests, fake documents, ordered court decisions and security raiders.
link: http://www.compromat.ru/page_ 31764.htm

Investigators will take the Khabarovsk Malysh case to court in September
Investigators are ready to take the case of the Khabarovsk criminal community “Malyshevskoye” to court in September of this year, RIA AmurMedia correspondent reports from a press conference at the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Khabarovsk Territory.
link: http://amurmedia.ru/news/

Who is preparing a new governor for St. Petersburg?

Chelyuskin came to the attention of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Soviet times. Twenty years ago, a young bandit named Chesnok was associated with the Vasilyev racketeers. Having joined the “Malyshevskaya organized crime group” during the years of perestroika, through it Chesnok became friends with Moscow thieves in law. The predecessors of the RUOP and UBOP thoroughly suspected Alexander Chelyuskin of a number of episodes of extortion and “thimble” fraud. However, it was not possible to bring evidence-based charges. And without this, in Gorbachev’s rule of law state, it was no longer possible to imprison.
link: http://www.compromat.ru/page_ 12900.htm

Spain gets acquainted with “gangster Petersburg”

Among those detained were five Spanish citizens, mostly lawyers. The rest are Russian citizens, most of whom have a rich criminal past. Major crime bosses who led such well-known groups in St. Petersburg as the “Tambov” and “Malyshev” groups were detained. Special attention in Spain, they focused on thief in law Gennady Petrov, who is called the head of the Tambov organized crime group.
link: http://spalex.narod.ru/Mafia/ rus_mafia_42.html

The creators of the series “Gangster Petersburg” were not mistaken in the name - this city is really in last decades became a gangster, and they also didn’t come up with the thief in law Antibiotic, who was killed in 1993: this figure actually “protected” one of the most numerous Russian organized crime groups - “Malyshevskaya”. Many experts call this group in Northern Palmyra the second largest after the Tambov group. But in chronological order it all started with Alexander Ivanovich Malyshev.
link: http://cripo.com.ua/print.php? sect_id=6&aid=3198

Kremlin mass entertainer

On the basis of “shredding cabbage” during countless tours across the expanses of one-sixth of the landmass, Kiselev became close friends with the criminal authority of St. Petersburg, Alexander Malyshev. In the early 90s, the fame of the Malyshevskaya organized crime group in St. Petersburg was booming. The leader of this brigade was called nothing less than the “Emperor of St. Petersburg.”
link: http://www.flb.su/infoprint/ 1339.html

Main points of the indictment

Those arrested are suspected not only of being leaders or accomplices of the Tambov-Malyshevskaya criminal group and laundering money. They are accused of tax evasion. This one is old but effective method back in 1931, he allowed the American authorities to send the leader of the Chicago mafia, the famous Al Capone, to prison.
link: http://www.compromat.ru/page_ 23032.htm

A dozen agents

The scale of this case is such that a dozen agents can barely cope with the investigation, which resulted in the imprisonment of the leaders of the three most influential groups of the Russian mafia: the “Tambov” under the leadership of Petrov; “Malyshevskaya” under the leadership of Malyshev and the Izgilov group, which was gaining momentum in recent months after his release from prison, where he ended up after his arrest as part of “Operation Wasp,” which ended with the detention of the leader “number one” of all mafia networks, Zakhar Kalashov.
link: http://www.compromat.ru/page_ 22991.htm

Judge Garson leaked to the press negotiations between the deputy head of the Federal Drug Control Service Nikolai Aulov and crime boss Gennady Petrov

The decision significantly undermined the reputation of the main fighter against the “Russian mafia,” judge Balthazar Garzon. A year and a half ago, in the article “Married to the Mafia” (“Our Version on the Neva”, No. 31, 2008), we warned that the case of the “Malyshevskys” taken then could be brought to an end only with the arrest of all the main leaders of the group and the support of Spanish law enforcement officers by their Russian colleagues . None of these conditions were met.
link: http://rospres.com/specserv/5974/

Elena Topilskaya: It was not we who drove the mafia into a stall, but it us

Malyshevskaya organized crime group. The leader is a native of the Pskov region, Alexander Malyshev. In the early 1990s, he was often called “the emperor of gangster St. Petersburg.” The peak of OCG activity occurred in 1991–1992. In the mid-nineties, the Malyshevites were displaced by the Tambov ones. Some of the leaders were destroyed by competitors, the rest chose to hide abroad. Last summer, Spanish intelligence services carried out an operation under code name"Troika". Alexander Malyshev and 20 people from his inner circle were taken into custody.
link: http://www.baltinfo.ru

"Novaya Gazeta": "Connected with the Past"

In light of the complexity of these tasks, we will not break the taboo of speaking ill of the deceased if we point out that Tsepov’s contacts with leading criminal groups in St. Petersburg were publicly known. Alexander Tkachenko, also known as Tkach, the leader of the Perm organized crime group, worked for Baltic Excort for some time. Tsepov had dealings with Alexander Malyshev (Malyshevskaya organized crime group), who was later killed, and had a short relationship with deputy Yuri Shutov, who was later accused of contract killings. He also had contacts with the Shevchenko brothers, one of whom was killed, and the second received seven years probation for extortion.

Vladimir Barsukov (previously better known in the press as the leader of the Tambov Kumarins) would not have come to bury Tsepov if he did not respect him very much. Ruslan Kolyak, who was killed in Yalta a year earlier, began his “security” activities either in Baltic Excort itself, or in parallel, but their paths often crossed.
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Malyshevskaya organized crime group- a large organized crime group operating in St. Petersburg from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.

Creating a group

The founder of the group was former wrestler Alexander Malyshev. He was previously convicted twice of premeditated murder and negligent homicide. After his release, he “worked” as a thimble maker at the Senny market in Leningrad under the cover of the Tambov organized crime group. In the late 1980s, Malyshev created his own group, uniting under his leadership the Tambov residents, Kolesnikov residents, Kemerovo residents, Komarov residents, Perm residents, Kudryashov residents, Kazan residents, Tarasov residents, Severodvinsk residents, Saranets, Efimov residents, Voronezh residents, Azerbaijanis, Krasnoyarsk residents, Chechens, Dagestanis, Krasnosel residents, Vorkuta residents and bandits from Ulan-Ude. Each of these groups had from 50 to 250 people. The total number of the group was about 2000 people.

Initially, the Malyshevskaya organized crime group was adjacent to the Tambov criminal group. But in 1989, the “Tambov” and “Malyshevskys” staged one of the first criminal showdowns in Devyatkino. Members of both groups used firearms. After this, the Malyshevskaya and Tambovskaya organized crime groups became opponents.

Group activities in the early 1990s

After a “showdown” with the Tambov bandits, Malyshev and another active member of the organized crime group and one of its future leaders, Gennady Petrov, were arrested on suspicion of banditry. But Petrov was not included in the first wave of arrests and was the first of all the accused to leave prison. Later Petrov moved to live in Spain, but often came to St. Petersburg and Moscow. And 72 members of the Tambov organized crime group were brought to criminal liability.

Almost immediately after his release, Malyshev fled to Sweden, from where he spread rumors about his death in a shootout. The leader of the Malyshevskys returned to Russia after the court acquitted or handed down very lenient sentences, and released from custody all the arrested Tambovskys.

The peak of OCG activity occurred in 1991-1992. At that time, the leader of the organized crime group was often called the “emperor of gangster Petersburg.”

In October 1992, Malyshev and 18 of his closest accomplices were arrested during the implementation of the development of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and in the case of businessman Dadonov. On August 25, 1993, Malyshev’s closest associates were released on their own recognizance: Kirpichev, Berlin and Gennady Petrov. The St. Petersburg Boxing Association, the Russian Federation of French Boxing, the Tonus cooperative and the administration of the prison where he was held petitioned for the release of another ally, Rashid Rakhmatulin. Rakhmatulin was released, and the supervising prosecutor Osipkin, who opposed this, was soon dismissed from the prosecutor's office.

After Malyshev’s arrest, Moscow thieves in law tried to bring St. Petersburg crime under their control. Andrei Berzin (“Trouble”), who spoke out against this at the Moscow-St. Petersburg “gathering” in March 1993, was killed. In the same year, attempts were made on almost all prominent St. Petersburg bandits.

At a “gathering” in 1993, the Malyshevskaya organized crime group secured the right to trade drugs, thereby ousting Azerbaijani bandits from this sphere.

The trial of Malyshev ended in 1995, he was sentenced to 2.5 years of general regime for illegal carrying and possession of weapons, but since he spent 2 years and 11 months in a pre-trial detention center, Malyshev was released. Despite the fact that Malyshev was in prison for a long time, his authority in underworld St. Petersburg still remained high. Through his lawyers, he continued to manage cases. By 1995, Malyshev’s group numbered 350-400 people.

Group structure

The Malyshevskaya organized crime group consisted of small teams:

  • Yuri Komarov’s group controlled the cities of Zelenogorsk, Sestroretsk, camping, recreation centers, and foreign tourism. Komarov had connections with the leadership of the Zelenogorsk police. For some time, Komarov’s group managed to keep the Tambov, Kazan and other bandits on its territory under its control. But after the death of the “arbiter of the bandits” Bondarenko, control in this area passed to the Chechen bandits.
  • Sergei Miskarev’s group was created by him in a colony-settlement and consisted of about 50 people. She controlled the Krasnoselsky district and the Oktyabrskaya hotel.
  • Valery Ledovsky's group controlled gas stations and gasoline transportation and had its own external surveillance unit.
  • Kaplanyan's group controlled the drug business.
  • The Sasha Matros group controlled road transport and had an external surveillance service
  • The Sharks group controlled the Avtovo area.
  • The Zhuk group controlled the Krasnoye Selo area.
  • Stanislav Zharikov’s group controlled the Kirovsky district and was involved in pimping.
  • Pankratov’s group controlled the Okhtinskaya Hotel.
  • Troitsky's group carried out external surveillance and radio interception.

Further activities of the group

One of the methods of operation of the organized crime group was to employ its people in structures and companies of interest, acquire a controlling stake, and train its economic personnel in official educational institutions of the city. The group controlled hotels and restaurants, antiques trade and gambling.

The Malyshevskaya organized crime group created a number of companies - cafes, saunas, purchases of non-ferrous metals and others. The leader of the organized crime group held the position of manager of Nelly-Druzhba LLP and was the founder of the Tatti company, which owns a chain of commercial stores. Malyshev maintained contacts with Moscow through the leader of the Krylatsky group Oleg Romanov. Malyshev used Caucasian bandits to collect debts.

The group’s money was transferred to financial institutions banks in Cyprus, with their help Malyshev sought influence on the largest banks in St. Petersburg. With Malyshev’s money, the Kiselyov Music Center was created, and the “Vivat St. Petersburg!” holidays were held. and “White Nights of Rock and Roll.” The organized crime group also organized the underground production of small-caliber revolvers.

In the mid-1990s, the Malyshevskaya organized crime group was supplanted by the Tambov group. Some of the Malyshevsky leaders were killed, some, including Petrov and Malyshev, fled abroad.

Arrests in Spain

In May 1997, the organized crime unit of the Commissariat of the Spanish city of Marbella, through the Spanish Embassy in Russia, asked for assistance. In Spain, they investigated the laundering of significant money invested in real estate and found Russian citizens who created the company “Hisparus” in January 1997. Then the investigation turned its attention, in particular, to Gennady Petrov and Sergei Kuzmin. The Spanish police were interested in persons who had already come to the attention of the department for combating organized crime in Russia. They appeared in operational reports, where they were called members of an organized crime group. Moreover, according to the Spanish indictment, their names were known law enforcement agencies USA and European Union.

On June 12-13, 2008, 20 Russians were detained in Spain - Leonid Khristoforov, Alexander Malyshev-Gonzales, Gennady Petrov, Yuri Salikov, Yulia Smolenko, Vitaly Izgilov and others - all of them were accused of money laundering, arms trafficking, contract killings, extortion, drug supply, document forgery, cobalt and tobacco smuggling. In 1998-1999, Petrov and Kuzmin were co-owners of Rossiya Bank, they each owned 2.2% of the bank’s shares, and at shareholder meetings they were represented by Andrei Shumkov, who was on its board of directors in 1998-2000. 14.2% of the shares of Bank of Russia in 1998-1999 belonged to the St. Petersburg companies Ergen, Forward Limited and Fuel Investment Company (TIK), which were associated with Shumkov. “Ergen” was owned by Shumkov and Kuzmin, and the co-owners of “TIK” were the companies “BKhM” and “Financial Company Petroleum”, affiliated with Kuzmin and Petrov.

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An excerpt characterizing the Malyshevskaya organized crime group

The carriers, among whom was Anna Mikhailovna, drew level with the young man, and for a moment, from behind the backs and backs of the people’s heads, he saw a high, fat, open chest, the fat shoulders of the patient, raised upward by the people holding him under the arms, and a gray-haired, curly, lion's head. This head, with an unusually wide forehead and cheekbones, a beautiful sensual mouth and a majestic cold gaze, was not disfigured by the proximity of death. She was the same as Pierre knew her three months ago, when the count let him go to Petersburg. But this head swayed helplessly from the uneven steps of the carriers, and the cold, indifferent gaze did not know where to stop.
Several minutes of fussing around the high bed passed; the people carrying the sick man dispersed. Anna Mikhailovna touched Pierre's hand and told him: “Venez.” [Go.] Pierre walked with her to the bed on which the sick man was laid in a festive pose, apparently related to the sacrament that had just been performed. He lay with his head high on the pillows. His hands were laid out symmetrically on the green silk blanket, palms down. When Pierre approached, the count looked straight at him, but he looked with a look whose meaning and meaning cannot be understood by a person. Either this look said absolutely nothing except that as long as you have eyes, you must look somewhere, or it said too much. Pierre stopped, not knowing what to do, and looked questioningly at his leader Anna Mikhailovna. Anna Mikhailovna made a hasty gesture to him with her eyes, pointing to the patient’s hand and blowing her a kiss with her lips. Pierre, diligently craning his neck so as not to get caught in the blanket, followed her advice and kissed the big-boned and fleshy hand. Not a hand, not a single muscle of the count’s face trembled. Pierre again looked questioningly at Anna Mikhailovna, now asking what he should do. Anna Mikhailovna pointed him with her eyes to the chair that stood next to the bed. Pierre obediently began to sit down on the chair, his eyes continuing to ask whether he had done what was necessary. Anna Mikhailovna nodded her head approvingly. Pierre again assumed the symmetrically naive position of an Egyptian statue, apparently regretting that his clumsy and fat body occupied such a large space, and using all his mental strength to appear as small as possible. He looked at the count. The Count looked at the place where Pierre's face was while he stood. Anna Mikhailovna in her position showed an awareness of the touching importance of this last minute meetings between father and son. This lasted two minutes, which seemed like an hour to Pierre. Suddenly a tremor appeared in the large muscles and wrinkles of the count’s face. The shuddering intensified, the beautiful mouth became contorted (only then Pierre realized how close his father was to death), and an indistinct hoarse sound was heard from the contorted mouth. Anna Mikhailovna carefully looked into the patient’s eyes and, trying to guess what he needed, pointed first to Pierre, then to the drink, then in a questioning whisper called Prince Vasily, then pointed to the blanket. The patient's eyes and face showed impatience. He made an effort to look at the servant, who stood relentlessly at the head of the bed.
“They want to turn over on the other side,” the servant whispered and stood up to turn the count’s heavy body over to face the wall.
Pierre stood up to help the servant.
While the count was being turned over, one of his arms fell helplessly back, and he made a vain effort to drag it. Did the count notice the look of horror with which Pierre looked at this lifeless hand, or what other thought flashed through his dying head at that moment, but he looked at the disobedient hand, at the expression of horror in Pierre’s face, again at the hand, and on the face a weak, suffering smile that did not suit his features appeared, expressing a kind of mockery of his own powerlessness. Suddenly, at the sight of this smile, Pierre felt a shudder in his chest, a pinch in his nose, and tears blurred his vision. The patient was turned on his side against the wall. He sighed.
“Il est assoupi, [He dozed off," said Anna Mikhailovna, noticing the princess coming to replace her. – Аllons. [Let's go to.]
Pierre left.

There was no one else in the reception room except Prince Vasily and the eldest princess, who, sitting under the portrait of Catherine, were animatedly talking about something. As soon as they saw Pierre and his leader, they fell silent. The princess hid something, as it seemed to Pierre, and whispered:
“I can’t see this woman.”
“Catiche a fait donner du the dans le petit salon,” said Prince Vasily to Anna Mikhailovna. – Allez, ma pauvre Anna Mikhailovna, prenez quelque сhose, autrement vous ne suffirez pas. [Katish ordered tea to be served in the small living room. You should go, poor Anna Mikhailovna, and refresh yourself, otherwise you won’t be enough.]
He didn’t say anything to Pierre, he just shook his hand with feeling below the shoulder. Pierre and Anna Mikhailovna went to the petit salon. [small living room.]
“II n"y a rien qui restaure, comme une tasse de cet excellent the russe apres une nuit blanche, [Nothing restores you after a sleepless night like a cup of this excellent Russian tea.] - said Lorrain with an expression of restrained animation, sipping from a thin , without a handle, a Chinese cup, standing in a small round living room in front of a table on which stood a tea set and a cold dinner. Everyone who was in the house of Count Bezukhy that night gathered around the table to reinforce their strength. Pierre remembered this small round living room well , with mirrors and small tables. During balls in the count's house, Pierre, who did not know how to dance, loved to sit in this small mirror and watch how the ladies in ball gowns, diamonds and pearls on their bare shoulders, passing through this room, looked at themselves in brightly lit mirrors, repeating their reflections several times... Now the same room was barely illuminated by two candles, and in the middle of the night, on one small table, a tea set and dishes stood randomly, and various, non-festive people, talking in whispers, sat in it, with every movement, with every word showing that no one forgets what is happening now and still has to happen in the bedroom. Pierre did not eat, although he really wanted to. He looked questioningly at his leader and saw that she was tiptoeing out again into the reception room, where Prince Vasily remained with the eldest princess. Pierre believed that this too was so necessary, and, after hesitating a little, he followed her. Anna Mikhailovna stood next to the princess, and both of them said at the same time in an excited whisper:
“Let me, princess, know what is necessary and what is unnecessary,” said the princess, apparently in the same excited state in which she was at the time she slammed the door of her room.
“But, dear princess,” Anna Mikhailovna said meekly and convincingly, blocking the way from the bedroom and not letting the princess in, “wouldn’t this be too hard for poor uncle at such moments when he needs rest?” At such moments, talking about worldly things, when his soul is already prepared...
Prince Vasily sat on an armchair in his familiar pose, crossing his legs high. His cheeks jumped up and down and seemed thicker at the bottom; but he had the appearance of a man who was not much occupied with the conversation between the two ladies.
– Voyons, ma bonne Anna Mikhailovna, laissez faire Catiche. [Leave Katya to do what she knows.] You know how the Count loves her.
“I don’t even know what’s in this paper,” said the princess, turning to Prince Vasily and pointing to the mosaic briefcase she was holding in her hands. “I only know that the real will is in his office, and this is a forgotten paper...
She wanted to get around Anna Mikhailovna, but Anna Mikhailovna, jumping up, again blocked her way.
“I know, dear, kind princess,” said Anna Mikhailovna, clutching the briefcase with her hand so tightly that it was clear that she would not let him go soon. - Dear princess, I ask you, I beg you, have pity on him. Je vous en conjure... [I beg you...]
The princess was silent. The only sounds that could be heard were the struggle for the briefcase. It was clear that if she spoke, she would not speak in a flattering manner for Anna Mikhailovna. Anna Mikhailovna held him tightly, but despite that, her voice retained all its sweet viscousness and softness.
- Pierre, come here, my friend. I think that he is not superfluous in the family council: isn’t it, prince?