1. 2014: Russian Organized Crime 5 Years Out Caitlin Rice, 8 Dec 2009 PIA2365 – Transnational Organized Crime

2. Introduction What? Current status of Russian organized crime is marked by trends towards oblast’ centers, leadership power vacuum, increasing opportunities (Olympic contracts/businesses) So what? Sochi: capital of Russian crime by 2014 Winter Games

3. Overview Russian Organized Crime Today What, where, who? The year 2009 1 death (“Yaponchik”) 1 decline (“Taro”) 1 rise to power (“DedKhasan”) Legal response/involvement

4. Overview Sochi (Krasnodar Krai, Russian Federation) Regional crime in Northern Caucasus Government corruption Russian-Olympic corruption (2002, 2014) 2014: Alternate Futures Future of vory v zakonye? Profit from Sochi Winter Olympics? Law enforcement/rule of law?

5. Russian Organized Crime: Who? Аслан Усоян (Дед Хасан) AslanUsoyan (“DedKhasan”)

6. Russian Organized Crime: Who? Тариэл Ониани (Таро) TarielOniani (“Taro”)

7. Russian Organized Crime: Who? Тариэл Ониани (Таро) TarielOniani (“Taro”)

8. Russian Organized Crime: Who? Захар Калашов (Шакро-молодой) ZacharKalashov (“Shakromolodoi”)

9. Russian Organized Crime: Who? Лаша Руставский/Шушанашвили LashaRustavsky/Shushanashvili LashaShushanashvili AslanUsoyan

10. Russian Organized Crime: Who? Вячеслав Иваньков (Япончик) VyacheslavIvankov (“Yaponchik”)

11. 2008 – 2009 July 2008 – Taro’s meeting on boat, arrests Feb 2009 – Alek “Sochi” Minalyan dead May 2009 – Andrei Golubev killed July 2008 Feb 2009 May 2009

12. 2009 (continued) 28 July 2009: Yaponchik shot 19 Sept 2009: malyava on Taro issued 9 Oct 2009: Yaponchik dies “from DedKhasan” Yaponchik’s funeral, Moscow (13 Oct 2009)

13. Lasha medium business, trade, petty theft DedKhasan oil, hotels, gambling, banking, travel, vehicle sales, $ laundering Taro real estate, drugs, arms, gambling, banking, $ laundering Yaponchik Interest banking, information technology, vehicle sales, contraband Other firms protection, waste disposal, drugs, consumer goods Moscow, early 2009

14. Lasha (w/ D.Kh.’s permission) DedKhasan (+ Y’s territory) Other (?) Moscow, late 2009

16. Russian & Olympic corruption Salt Lake City 2002

17. So what? Sochi as capital of Russian organized crime in 2014?

18. Alternate Futures(under construction) In 2014… is DedKhasan the leader of the vory v zakonye? have the Winter Olympics brought high profits? international toleration of Olympics corruption? unification of crime gangs versus turf wars? Other factors status of conflict in Georgia/Caucasus? Economic situation in Eastern Europe/Eurasia? Russian rule of law? (i.e. life sentences for organizers)

19. Questions/Feedback