Get to the grave

The life and death of one of the most significant characters of gangster St. Petersburg Konstantin Yakovlev-or just bones-mogily

For the past few years, St. Petersburg law enforcement agencies have been reporting on the disclosure of crimes committed in the “dashing 90s”. In this regard, the names and nicknames constantly pop up, which scared merchants 25-30 years ago and thanks to which St. Petersburg gained the gaze of the “gangster”. All recent disclosures are somehow connected with the “Mogilov” organized criminal community (OPS). The OPS leader Konstantin Yakovlev, nicknamed Kostya-Mogil, was considered one of those who in the 90s possessed real power not only in St. Petersburg, but also in neighboring regions. And his right hand was Vladimir Kulibaba - who claims that the media made him the legend of the gangster movement, and he himself is a completely peaceful guy.

Sports and Constance Bonasier

Future authority Konstantin Karolyevich Yakovlev was born in Leningrad in February 1954. Yakovlev has repeatedly said that his ancestors from the noble estate. In any case, the grandfather of Kostya until 1917 served as an officer in a privileged cuirassier regiment. After the Bolsheviks came to power, his grandfather accepted the tonsure and became a priest. Yakovlev’s father Karol Iosifovich Rosengoltz, born in 1921 in Warsaw, after the war managed to head the research institute in Leningrad, having previously managed to visit the Stalinist camps, from where he came out only in 1947.

“We did not think about nationalities in those days, but the Jews still stood out,” says Igor Pereverzin, a candidate of historical sciences, who knew the future criminal authority in childhood. - Although many tried not to advertise this and at the first opportunity changed the surname.

So Konstantin at birth was recorded under the name of the mother. Kostya himself constantly said that his ancestors are not Jews, but from Russified Germans.

Be that as it may, but Yakovlev never shared “his” by religious. His team was attended by Jews, Muslims, and Orthodox, and generally not believing atheists. According to Yakovlev himself, he received the anti -religious and anti -nationalist “vaccination” during the military service in the army. Since childhood, Yakovlev, who was 18 years old, managed to achieve high results and become a candidate for master of sports. Therefore, to serve in sports.

“We had no fence in our company,” said Yakovlev in an interview, which in 95–96. He distributed quite willingly. - Yes, and grandfather was peculiar, not the same as in other parts. We have sports indicators at our forefront, and everything else (Russian or Caucasian, you pray, or your father of Christ reads, and even a sergeant or just an ordinary) was on the side. If the just drafted Salag, who has junior gold of the world championship on the neck, makes an old -timer on the carpet as a beginner, then what is the “grandfather”?

After the army, Yakovlev went to stuntmen. At Lenfilm, where he officially settled down, fate brought him up with stuntman Yevgeny Toporov. In particular, they took part in the filming of the film "D Artanyan and three musketeers." Both were understudy in the stage, when Constance Bonasie (Irina Alferov) is trying to intercept at the Lavochnik house. D Artanyan fought with the guards (one of those whom Boyarsky dashed, was Kostya Yakovlev) and helps Constance on the go to jump into the carriage. In the first oak, Toporov was shot, in the second - Yakovlev. In the final version, the film entered the film with Toporov.

As it turned out later, stuntmen at Lenfilm earned money not only by setting and performing tricks. After the cascader Sergey Suslin ( a Judo -class master of the USSR, the USSR in Sambo, the European Judo Champion, a participant in the 1972 Olympic Games, was arrested in 1981 for the murder of his wife . attacks in different cities of the USSR. The geography of attacks coincided with the trips of stuntmen to competitions and to shoot. Among the participants of the gang, the axes with Yakovlev also appeared. They were never held accountable. But both hastened to quit Lenfilm and settled to work in the southern cemetery.

Throw in power

Although those who adhered to the “thieves' law” in Soviet times were prohibited, former criminals worked in cemeteries. It was there that Kostya Yakovlev acquired the nickname Grave, under which all of Russia later recognized him.

According to legend, the absolute record belongs to Yakovlev, so far not surpassed by anyone: he dug a full -fledged grave in 43 minutes with a shovel.

One of the former prisoners brought Toporov and Yakovlev with the then “workshops” (shadow businessmen who worked in the USSR not according to a state plan, but for their own pocket). Both were strong guys, and in the criminal world are already known, and therefore they began to be used as collectors. Toporov and Yakovlev transported large (up to a million rubles) amounts of money around the country, gradually developing in very useful acquaintances for future activities.

After the start of perestroika and cooperative movement, Yakovlev, Toporov and the master of sports in boxing Igor Savin, who joined them, formed their own team, which provided the “roof” to the cooperators. The group was considered a “thieves'”, because initially people with a prison past prevailed in it. By 1989, the “Mogilov” OPS secretly owned the Moscow district of Leningrad, and the business interests of the groups stretched throughout the city.

Kostya-Mogil was one of the first among the “new Russians” to open an almost official office, which was first located at the Pulkovskaya hotel, and then on Warsaw Street. And Yakovlev actively communicated with representatives of the authorities - that the adherents of the “thieves' law”, and many racketeers from the midst of athletes, considered unacceptable. Moreover, Kostya-Mogil in the late 80s has grown to the point that he began to move “his” people into power structures.

“We had information from several sources independent of each other that the head of the Moscow District of Leningrad Viktor Novosyolov in 1991 became only because Kostya-Mogil actually bought this position,” a former employee of the regional control of organized crime (RUOP) Alexei Ivantsov told him. -Actually, in the early 90s, officials did not particularly hide their relationship with the bandits. Moreover, such acquaintances were even counted in a plus, because they showed that they could solve important issues. After all, then real power actually belonged to the bandits. And Kostya also very closely communicated with Moscow thieves in law. In particular, with Santa Hassan (Aslan Usoyan, one of the most authoritative criminal leaders of post-Soviet Russia, his influence was extended not only to the former union republics, but also to Western Europe, killed by sniper on February 16, 2013.- Approx. Author ) , who appointed a costume mogil from the thieves community for all northwest. The grave was offered to crown the thieves in law several times, but he refused. At the same time, he managed to maintain friendly relations with the “blue” (one of the definitions of those who lived according to thieves' laws; new representatives of criminals, who came out mainly from the sports environment, called “athletes.” - approx. Aut. ). And he continued to be friends with the authorities. Rather, do not even be friends, but to influence power.

In 1993, when Novoselov was already in the chair of the head of the department of the Federal Migration Service in St. Petersburg, an attempt was made on him. On November 23, Killer called the door of the Novosyolovs apartment, and when Viktor Semenovich opened the door, he asked him his last name. Having received the answer, the “guest” shot a pistol three times. Novoselov survived, but was chained to a wheelchair.

“During the investigation, it turned out that the killer was supposed to eliminate the son of Viktor Novosyolov, involved in fraud,” said Ivantsov. -Moreover, the order came from one of the close graves. Novoselov Sr. found out about this, and their relationship with Kostya deteriorated. In 1994, Novosyolov was already in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg already with the money of the chief competitor of Yakovlev - Vladimir Barsukov/Kumarin, the leader of the Tambov OPS.

By that time, representatives of crime already understood what opportunities a close bow with officials and deputies gives them. After all, the latter provided access to budget money.

In particular, with the help of Novoselov and some other officials, the St. Petersburg Fuel Company ( PTK, which in the 90s completely controlled the Tambovtsy, and Barsukov was even listed there as vice president.- Approx. Author ) was an exclusive refueling of all state-owned cars in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region (Skoryy, GUVD, UFSB, EMCH, EMCHS "Specialtrans", cars of tax services, the judicial department, etc.). To win a competition for the supply of gasoline in the civil structures "Tambovites" was helped by their people in power.

Novoselov, who from 1994 to 1998. He managed to visit the vice-speaker of Zaks, re-elected for a new term and claimed the chair of the speaker of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. However, too much did not like such an increase in the Tambov.

On October 20, 1999, at the intersection of Moskovsky Prospekt and Frunze Volvo Street, deputy Novosyolov stopped at a traffic light. A young man ran up to the car and stuck something to the roof of the car above the passenger seat. After a few seconds, an explosion rang out, taking the life of the most likely candidate for the post of Speaker Zaks. However, the security guard of Novosyolov, who jumped out of the car before the explosion, managed to shoot towards the killer and wounded him in the neck. The killer - the citizen of Belarus Arthur Gudkov turned out to be him - was detained at the crime scene.

Killer did not go on a deal with the investigation and did not say anything. But a week after the murder of Novosyolov, the employees of the agency of journalistic investigations (openwork) was detained by the second crime participant - Alexander Malysh.

"Only one must stay"

“When the baby was brought to our office, he literally shook with fear,” the former Odzhur officer told the “new”. - I was very afraid that we would give it to Barsukov/Kumarin. But after he drank almost a bottle of whiskey and received firm guarantees that the police would be transferred to him, he spoke. Only now he did not know very much. He said that he was in the Tarasov gang (after the arrest of Gudkov and the baby Tarasov disappeared, and his fate is still unknown. - Approx. Aut. ) That this group specialized in custom murders, and that a certain Skvortsov performed one of the main customers.

This surname in Ruop was known. Dmitry Skvortsov, along with Denis Volchek (future deputy of the Sachs of St. Petersburg and the State Duma of the Russian Federation) and Vladimir Kulibababa began his “career” in the brigade of Igor Savin, nicknamed “Sledgehammer”. Recall that the former boxer, along with Toporov and Yakovlev, stood at the origins of the OPS, and the axes in this triumvirate were the first number. In early 1993, Toporov went to Sweden to get a debt from a certain merchant; But something went wrong there and the former stuntman was killed-either by the guards of the businessman, or by the police.

Two possible leader formed in the OPS: Savin and Yakovlev. But such structures do not tolerate dual power. As the hero of the cult film used to say, "Only one should stay."

In the summer of 1993, the company, which was “roofed” by the Savina brigade, turned a barter deal. In exchange for several railway compositions (according to another version, aluminum), they received a batch of alcohol. The profit from the transaction amounted to an impressive amount: 877 thousand US dollars accounted for the Savin brigade, of which a little more than 200 thousand had to be sent to the common fund. According to those who called themselves “Mogilovsky” established by the Rules, from 25 to 50 percent of the money earned on the racket were required to unfasten Yakovlev after the death of Toporov. Savin did not want to give money to the grave.

On July 31, 1993, three former athletes (Abrosimov, Naumov and Khatskevich) arrived at the office of Almaz on Warsaw Street. Khatskevich (with a Kalashnikov automatic machine) remained at the door, the other two with pistols entered the office. They told the guard that they were to Yakovlev from Pasha Kudryash ( Pavel Kudryashov, one of the leaders of the “Malyshevsky” OPS, a long -standing friendship connected them with the bone, which the whole St. Petersburg “Brothers” knew. - Approx. Author ), and they were immediately missed. Naumov stayed at the door, Abrosimov went into Yakovlev’s office.

The grave in the office was not alone, but it was too late to retreat, and Abrosimov opened shooting. First shot an accountant, then - a guard who flew into him. He tried to get Yakovlev, but he fell under the table at the first shots. Outside, voices and the clatter of running legs were heard. Naumov, standing in the doorway, shot several times in a crowded crowd and rushed to the exit. The guards followed him. Seeing the drilling crowd, Khatskevich, without thinking twice, released a long line from the machine gun and shot the guard and Naumov.

The Abrosimov was twisted and after a while they handed over the police, where he said that he simply wanted to fill the face of Yakovlev for some insignificant conflict. But when he went into the office, he was twisted and beaten. Then the shooting was heard, but who shot, he does not know. Yakovlev said that, falling under the table, he hit his head, lost consciousness and did not see anything. In that environment, it was not customary to attract law enforcement agencies to their affairs.

Khatskevich never found. In Ruop there was information that he was also tied to the “Mogilov” and it was from him that the name of the customer was learned.

On August 16, 1993, at the house of 16 on Frunze Street, Savina’s car was literally riddled from machine guns. The sledgehammer and his guard, the current employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, died on the spot.

Cases of past days

For a long time, this murder remained unsolved. At the end of 2021, law enforcement agencies stated that they had a certain witness (his data was kept in the strictest secret), who said that the organizer of the murder was Kulibab.

“Savin-Kulda did not differ in a particular mind,” recalls Ivantsov. - But Kulibab was cunning. Until 1993, he constantly spun around Savin, they were almost always together: they drove in the same cars, ate in restaurants, they took part in the “arrows”, etc. The daily routine Savina Kulibab knew very well and really could organize the murder, after which he suddenly became one of the closest henchmen-mogila. It is possible that this was the result of the fact that Kulibab took revenge on the chef.

In December 2021, Vladimir Kulibab was arrested on suspicion of organizing the murder of Savin. The lawyers of the arrested and Kulibab himself are sure that the prosecution is sucked out of the finger and in court is not confirmed. Especially if it is a jury, which once justified Kulibab, accused of ordering the murder of Vadim Chechel. However, the investigation does not focus on one prosecution. As we already wrote, they may try to “hang” Mark Goryachev to Kulibababa. But that's not all. As it became known to Novo-Europe, Arthur Gudkov, who was serving life, was delivered to St. Petersburg to St. Petersburg for the murder of Novosyolov. In addition, another member of the Tarasov gang and a defendant in the murder of Novosyolov Andrei Chevanov are placed under house arrest. In May 2003, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison (the baby received 16 years in a maximum security colony at the same time), served the laid, was released, and until recently he lived calmly.

“The fact that the Kulibabs appears in the case of Chvanov and Gudkov, says a lot,” says Ivantsov. - Both were members of the Tarasov gang and can know a lot about who and by whose order they killed. In 1999, Gudkov refused the testimony, but now everything could change. The law allows, in special cases, to release convicts for life imprisonment after 25 years of serving the term. This is what Gudkov could promise in exchange for indications regarding Kulibaba.

The fact that Gudkov can really know something about the dark side of the life of the former president of the freestyle wrestling Federation of St. Petersburg confirms the fact that Kulibab tried to eliminate him. During the investigation of the murder of the head of the Kascad security company, Alexander Druzhinin (Druzhik, Schulz, who liquidated Chechel) claimed that after Gudkov was transferred from the hospital to the “Crosses”, he received a Malyava (prison letter) from Kulibaba, in which the latter asked if Druzhinin could liquidate Gudkov.

“The squad then sat in the“ Crosses ”in the Barbaletta case (we wrote earlier that Druzhinin was justified by the court in the case.“ Approx. Aut. ) , ”In the“ new-Europe ”, his curator from Ruop Igor Makarov (name was changed). - Later he told me that for the elimination of Gudkov, Kulibab promised him 50 thousand US dollars. Но камеры Гудкова и Дружинина располагались в разных корпусах, и быстро исполнить заказ не получилось. Дружик через оставшихся на воле друзей и всё того же Кулибабу пытался организовать свой перевод в корпус, где сидел Гудков. Но в какой-то момент получил «отбой» на заказ. Вполне возможно, потому, что Кулибаба уверился: Гудков будет молчать.

А еще в СМИ опять стали упоминать версию, что Кулибаба может быть причастным к убийству Владислава Листьева в 1995 году. Несмотря на то, что бывший генеральный прокурор РФ Юрий Скуратов почти официально объявил, что убийцы Листьева (в качестве организатора фигурировал Игорь Дашдамиров, а исполнителями были братья Агейкины Александр и Алексей. — Прим. авт. ) были членами «Солнцевского» ОПС, заказчик до сих пор неизвестен. Наиболее вероятным называли бывшего сенатора, депутата Государственной Думы РФ VIII созыва, учредителя фирмы «Премьер СВ» (занималась размещением рекламы на телевидении) Сергея Лисовского. Эта версия так и не получила подтверждения — по мнению Скуратова, из-за противодействия Кремля.

Но именно через Лисовского тень самого громкого убийства 90-х пала на Костю-Могилу и его «силовика» (по мнению РУОП) того времени Владимира Кулибабу.

Константин Яковлев действительно проявлял деловой интерес к телевидению. В частности, он официально числился президентом Фонда поддержки телевидения. А неофициально владел «Пятым каналом», питерским филиалом РЕН-ТВ и… долей в фирме «Премьер СВ».

— Могила действительно был знаком с Лисовским и не раз с ним встречался, — утверждает бывший РУОПовец Иванцов. — Но вряд ли он был причастен к убийству Листьева. Яковлев и прожил так долго потому, что умел чуять баланс: с москвичами дружил, имел общие проекты, но в их дела не лез.

Выборы-выборы

Костя-Могила был убит в Москве 25 мая 2003 года. Киллер расстрелял скромный «нисан-максима» из компактного автомата («скорпион» или «узи»), подъехав к машине на мотоцикле. Именно таким образом Дружинин пытался устранить главного свидетеля по «делу Барбалетты», бывшего члена банды Серикова Вячеслава Иванова в 1998 году. Что дало повод некоторым СМИ предположить, что в Костю-Могилу стреляли те же, кто и в Иванова. Но эта версия не нашла подтверждения.

В организации этого убийства обвиняли и главного конкурента Кости-Могилы — Барсукова/Кумарина. Но снова бездоказательно. После ареста в марте 2004 года лидера «Братской» ОПГ Олега Маковоза (родом из Братска Иркутской области. — Прим. авт. ) и показаний одного из членов группировкипоявился «сибирский» след. В качестве заказчика убийства Могилы называли вора в законе Тюрика (Владимир Тюрин, коронованный Вячеславом Иваньковым по кличке «Япончик» в конце 80-х годов, один из самых авторитетных воров в законе нынешней России. — Прим. авт. ), который якобы договорился с Александром Малышевым (в начале 90-х носил титул «император бандитского Петербурга». — Прим. авт. ) , проживавшим в то время в Испании, о том, чтобы подмять под себя Северо-Западный регион России. Но и эта версия не нашла доказательств.

После смерти Могилы его криминальная империя перестала существовать. Кто-то ушел к «тамбовским», кто-то вообще завязал с криминальным бизнесом, а кто-то ушел в свободное плавание, откусив от бывшей империи часть и защищая эту часть от конкурентов. По мнению бывшего сотрудника РУОП, Кулибаба был из последних.

— Честно говоря, я не удивлюсь, если выяснится, что Костю-Могилу помог ликвидировать кто-то из его ближайшего окружения, — говорит Иванцов. — В конце концов, киллеры как-то узнали, что днем 25 мая Яковлев будет проезжать по переулку Обуха. А ведь это в двух шагах от представительства ООН в России, которое довольно качественно охраняется. Наверное, именно из-за этой охраны киллеры в качестве средства передвижения выбрали мотоцикл, на котором можно проехать там, где не проедет машина, и таким образом оторваться от возможной погони. Работали явно профессионалы, но по чьему приказу — сказать не берусь. Слишком много вариантов, среди которых присутствует и Кулибаба.

При более тщательном рассмотрении версия о том, что Кулибаба мог заказать Костю-Могилу, видится слишком натянутой.

Занять «трон» Яковлева во главе империи Кулибабе не грозило, что и показали дальнейшие события. Да и вообще это убийство было Кулибабе невыгодно с точки зрения бизнеса.

В руках Кости-Могилы находились связи с властями и воровским сообществом, позволяющие решать множество проблем. Ни в первом, ни во втором Кулибаба никакого веса не имел и заменить Яковлева не мог.

— Если бы Могила в 2008 году был жив, вполне возможно, дело в отношении Кулибабы (он обвинялся в заказе убийства директора частного охранного предприятия «Каскад» Вадима Чечеля. — Прим. авт. ) вообще бы до суда не дошло, — считает Иванцов. — Кулибаба хоть и хитер, но просчитывать свои действия на несколько шагов вперед не умеет. Ну разве непонятно было, что нельзя ему самолично вмешиваться в выборы в Молдове? Вполне возможно, что из-за того провала нынешняя власть на Кулибабу и ополчилась, припомнив дела давно минувших дней.

Весной 2021 года президент Молдовы Майя Санду распустила парламент и назначила досрочные выборы депутатов. Партия «Действие и солидарность» (ПДС/PAS, выступает за интеграцию в Европейский союз), созданная Санду в 2016 году, переживала не лучшие времена. Ее рейтинги на момент роспуска парламента в апреле 2021 года колебались в районе 30% поддержки населения. Коммунистическая партия Молдовы и Социалистическая партия Молдовы (обе считаются промосковскими) объединились в единый избирательный блок (его возглавил бывший президент республики Владимир Воронин) и всерьез рассчитывали получить большинство в парламенте.

В мае 2021 года на свет появляется «Народный союз», объединивший, как утверждалось в резолюции учредительного съезда, «…все патриотические силы страны… ставящий своей задачей сохранение суверенитета, целостности и духовно-нравственных основ страны». Одним из соучредителей выступила Федерация профсоюзов «SindSport» (объединяет спортивные и туристические организации Молдовы), президентом которой являлся Владимир Кулибаба.

— Вообще-то это был хороший ход, — считает политтехнолог Сергей Данилин, работавший на выборах в Молдове в 2021 году. — В «Народный союз» вошли не только спортсмены, но и студенты, ветераны силовых структур, даже волонтеры из «Антикризисного штаба».

При нормальной раскрутке они и сами могли претендовать на то, чтобы взять 5-процентный барьер. А объединившись с блоком Воронина, способны были помочь ему набрать большинство. Но прошлое Кулибабы их подвело.

Сразу после регистрации «Общественной платформы «Народный союз»» в молдавской прессе развернулась кампания по его дискредитации. Произошел массовый вброс в СМИ материалов про лидера «SindSport», выставляющих его в крайне негативном свете и ведущих к выводу, что «Народный союз» финансируется бандитскими деньгами, «обильно смоченных кровью невинно убиенных». Кулибабу не просто называли бандитом и убийцей, но и объявили в международный розыск.

— Да, в статьях про Кулибабу имелся так называемый «черный пиар», когда за правду выдается откровенная ложь, — рассказал Данилин. — Кулибабе даже пришлось записать видеоролик на фоне Медного всадника в Петербурге, чтобы доказать, что он не в розыске. В нем он утверждал, что суд ни разу не признал его убийцей и бандитом, а наоборот, оправдал в 2012 году. Это было в июле 2021 года, но на общественное мнение повлиять уже не смогло. В сознании электората прочно засело, что Кулибаба — бандит, хотя судом таковым признан не был, потому что в России суды продажные. Вся эта кампания, на мой взгляд, стоила пророссийским депутатам не менее 20% голосов.

Большинство на выборах досталось проправительственной партии PAS (52,8%, 63 депутатских кресла из 101). Блок коммунистов и социалистов хоть и открестился от «Народного союза», но сумел набрать лишь 27,1% (32 парламентских мандата). В России подобный исход посчитали провалом. Но является ли уголовное преследование Кулибабы местью Москвы за провал в Кишиневе, точно не известно.

— Чем тише себя ведешь, тем дольше времени проведешь на свободе, — заявил корреспонденту «Новой-Европа» бывший криминальный авторитет, попросивший не называть его фамилию. — Вова Барсуков объявил себя «ночным губернатором», детей принялся спасать, в общем, вылез на экраны, и где он сейчас? Вот и с Кулибабой та же ситуация. Не совался бы в политику и не светился бы в «ящике», возможно, был бы на свободе. Ну ничему его пример Волчека не научил.

Бывший партнер Кости-Могилы Денис Волчек избирался в Законодательное Собрание Петербурга и Государственную Думу РФ V и VI созывов. 26 мая 2021 года Пресненский суд Москвы признал его виновным в мошенничестве и приговорил к 3 годам лишения свободы. По сведениям «Новой-Европа», Волчек и будущий полковник МВД (помощник заместителя министра МВД) Скворцов свои карьеры начинали в составе бригады Савина/Кувалды. О том, как они начинали, почему не разделили судьбу своего бригадира Савина и как достигли нынешних высот, мы расскажем в следующей статье.