The jury returned a guilty verdict to the leader of the Tambov organized crime group, Vladimir Barsukov (Kumarin)

The jury returned a guilty verdict to the leader of the Tambov organized crime group, Vladimir Barsukov (Kumarin), at a retrial in the case of an attempt on the life of the actual owner of the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal (PNT), Sergei Vasiliev. This time the jury's votes were divided 9 to 3. The verdict for the former businessman will be announced in June, reports . Fontanka

The assassination attempt on the actual owner, Sergei Vasiliev, took place on May 5, 2006, at the intersection of Levashovsky Prospekt and Ordinarnaya Street: the killers blocked Vasiliev’s motorcade and opened heavy fire from two Kalashnikov assault rifles. Vasiliev managed to get out of the line of fire, but one of his guards was killed and three more were wounded. In September 2007, charges of ordering murder were brought against Vladimir Barsukov (Kumarin), who had been arrested a month earlier on suspicion of a series of raider takeovers.

The case was heard by the St. Petersburg City Court, but for security reasons the hearings were held in Moscow, in the building of the Moscow City Court. The jury, who also came to the hearings from St. Petersburg, acquitted Kumarin and three other defendants, finding only one of the defendants guilty; he was sentenced to 11 years in a maximum security colony. Kumarin was not released because he is serving a sentence for raider seizures of buildings and enterprises in St. Petersburg, money laundering and extortion.

In November 2014, the Supreme Court overturned Kumarin's acquittal and sent the case for a new trial.