He was tasked with overseeing his mafia clan's obshchak – a term applied to the clan's common fund – and doling out its cash. Usoyan was one of Russia's most high-profile thieves-in-law. He was buried with little fanfare four days later in a cemetery on the capital's outskirts. Usoyan, an ethnic Kurdish Yezidi from neighbouring Georgia, was 75 when he was killed by a sniper after leaving his favourite Moscow restaurant, and makeshift office, on 16 January. The money is too big for everything to just sit still." "Everyone is waiting to see what will come next," the source said. The source close to Sochi's security services said an eerie quiet had descended on the city. Teplyakov has fought off rumours in the Russian press that he had ties to Usoyan: "I am far from the criminal world – no meetings, no calls, no contacts." "Many years ago there was an 'overseer' but after he was killed, no other criminals came to Sochi," Teplyakov said. Viktor Teplyakov, a local MP from the ruling United Russia party, denied that was the case. The security services source said the city's picturesque boardwalk, as well as many hotels and restaurants, were believed to be under Usoyan's purview. "It's like a second government."Īlthough Usoyan, like all true vory v zakone, or "thieves-in-law" – a once hard-won status bestowed upon the highest ranks of Russia's criminal underworld – owned no property himself, he was believed to maintain ties to many businesses in the city. " was like a governor here, but from the criminal world," said a source close to the security services in Sochi. He was said to be one of Usoyan's top lieutenants in the city. The most high-profile attack came in late 2010 when Eduard Kakosyan, known as Karas, was gunned down by a man on a motorcycle. News of the Olympics win also brought a wave of suspected mafia violence. Some 400 highrises – hotels and blocks of flats – are currently under construction. They now stand overshadowed by towering construction sites after developers poured in on the news of the Olympics win. Russians have been flocking to Sochi's beaches since the days of Stalin, who favoured the city's atypically Russian subtropical climate and peppered it with neoclassical mansions and palm-tree-lined boulevards. Putin said on Monday that he would use Russia's G8 presidency next year to host the organisation's annual summit in the city. With a year to go, attention has begun to focus on the Black Sea resort. A senior Russian official said on Sunday that Russia would spend more than £32.3bn on the Winter Olympics, making it the most expensive in history. He considered it a second homeland."Ĭriminal interest in the city, long a favourite weekend destination of the president, Vladimir Putin, has grown exponentially since it won the right to host the Games, according to security sources. "This is not a tale of servants, nor is it a tale of masters, neither yet a tale of saints, least of all a tale of people fulfilling their wishes."Where there is money, there is organised crime," said Sergei Kanev, a veteran crime reporter for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta. Frankenstein's Monster | Berserker of Black (Fate/Apocrypha).Astolfo | Rider of Black (Fate/Apocrypha).Siegfried | Saber of Black (Fate/Apocrypha). Mordred | Saber of Red (Fate/Apocrypha).Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings. Godzillaslayer101 Fandoms: Fate/Apocrypha, Fate/stay night & Related Fandoms, Fate/Grand Order
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