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| FSB detained members of an organized crime group involved in extortion in Dagestan and near Chelyabinsk |
| 2026-02-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Regnum] In Dagestan and the Chelyabinsk region, FSB and Ministry of Internal Affairs officers detained members of a criminal group associated with the Artakovsky organized crime group. This was reported by REN TV, citing its sources, on February 17. According to him, the leader of the criminal group was also connected with Artak Varosyan, who is in pre-trial detention, and his supporters. "Searchs were conducted at 22 addresses, and prohibited items and substances, as well as large sums of money, were seized," the TV channel said in a statement. Varosyan was arrested in Chelyabinsk in late November 2025. He was charged with large-scale extortion under threat of violence. It is believed that, since the early 2000s, Varosyan led a Chelyabinsk criminal group engaged in extortion, corporate raiding, illegal trafficking of precious metals, and other activities. Earlier, on January 29, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court upheld the ruling designating the Makhoninsky organized crime group as extremist. It also ordered the group's assets, totaling 2.5 billion rubles, to be handed over to the state. The Makhoninsky group owns a total of 109 properties and 12 vehicles. Furthermore, the group, through its subordinate companies and trusted individuals included among the co-defendants in the case, owns the majority of retail outlets in Chelyabinsk, as well as a number of companies. On November 14, FSB officers detained Alexander Makhonin, the head of the Makhoninsky organized crime group, in Chelyabinsk. A court then declared the group extremist. |
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