USSR, Russia
(deprived of award by court order)
Alexey Lvovich Sherstobitov ("Lesha-Soldier") - (January 31, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR). Hereditary officer, holder of the Order "For Personal Courage", was the leader of a conspiratorial group of specialists from the GRU, KGB, Ministry of Internal Affairs as part of the Orekhovskaya organized criminal group, designed to collect, process and use information, as well as to physically eliminate particular complexity. Member of the Orekhovskaya OCG, known as "Lesha the Soldier". On account of his 12 proven murders and attempts.
Biography
Aleksey Sherstobitov was born into the family of a career military man and dreamed of serving all his life. From an early age he knew how to handle weapons, and after graduating from school he entered the Military Railway School. During his studies, he even detained a dangerous criminal, for which he was awarded an order. Then he served in the unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, providing special deliveries. A radical turning point in Sherstobitov's life occurred during the 1993 coup. He was returning home when he was beaten up by demonstrators, believing that he, being a military man, was a threat to democracy. Sherstobitov then realized that a man in an army uniform no longer commands respect from his compatriots, whom he planned to protect even at the cost of his own life. Shortly thereafter, he retired with the rank of First Lieutenant.
At that time, Sherstobitov was fond of power triathlon and regularly went to the gym. There he met Grigory Gusyatinsky (“Grisha Severny”) and Sergey Ananyev (“Kultik”), who at that time was the head of the Powerlifting and Powerlifting Federation and at the same time Gusyatinsky’s deputy in the Medvedkov group. Initially, Gusyatinsky instructed Sherstobitov to ensure the safety of several stalls. Starley proved to be a good organizer, able to solve (including by force) emerging problems. The leaders of the Medvedkovskaya organized crime group appreciated his abilities and offered a new position - a full-time killer.
One of the first tasks of Lyosha the Soldier was the murder of Otari Kvantrishvili. In a few days he was given a German-made small-caliber Anschutz rifle, which he slightly improved by adapting a plastic butt from a blowgun. The name of the victim was not given to Sherstobitov. On April 5, 1994, Kultik brought him to Stolyarny Lane. There Sherstobitov was ordered to go up to the attic, from where a view of the entrance to the Presnensky baths opened. The goal was simply stated: “Several Caucasians will come out. You will need to shoot at the largest one. They turned out to be Kvantrishvili. Having fired three times, Sherstobitov wanted, just in case, to shoot the one walking next to Mamiashvili, but took pity on him when he saw how he rushed to help his wounded friend. About whom he killed, Sherstobitov learned from news releases. After that, he hid for several months - he was afraid that the customers would “remove” him. But the leaders had other plans for him - he received and fulfilled several more contracts. During interrogations at the MUR, he stated that he did not regret anything, since all his victims were unworthy of life. Already at the trial, Sherstobitov said that the leader of the Orekhovskaya organized crime group Sergey Timofeev, who worked closely with the Medvedkovskaya organized crime group, instructed the leader of the Medvedkovskaya Grigory Gusyatinsky to deal with Kvantrishvili, and he had already transferred the "order" to Lyosha Soldat. Moreover, the killer was only told that it was necessary to eliminate the person who “mortally threatens” the interests of Timofeev.
In 1994, Timofeev had a conflict with thief in law Andrey Isaev, known by the nickname "Painting". Shortly before this, Timofeev organized an explosion at the LogoVAZ office, during which Boris Berezovsky received minor injuries. The oligarch and the authority had a long-standing dispute over the amount of 100 million rubles received from several transactions. Timofeev liked the effect that the explosion produced, and he ordered to deal with Isaev in the same way. Lyosha Soldier installed a car filled with explosives near Isaev's house on Autumn Boulevard. When he left, the killer pressed the remote control button. Isaev himself was injured, but survived. The explosion killed a little girl. Despite the unsuccessful attempt, Sylvester was satisfied with the operation, he personally rewarded Sherstobitov with a TT pistol. And soon Timofeev himself was killed. It is noteworthy that no separate payments for the work performed were provided for Sherstobitov in the group. He had a monthly salary of $ 2.5 thousand, sometimes he was also given bonuses. For the murder of Kvantrishvili, Lyosha the Soldier was awarded the VAZ-2107. Sherstobitov received money only from the hands of Gusyatinsky, while the rest of the group, with the exception of a few more of its leaders, did not know his real name and did not see his face (she came to general meetings in makeup, a wig and a false mustache). Sylvester himself met with Lyosha the Soldier only once.
After the murder of Sergei Timofeev on September 13, 1994, Sherstobitov and Gusyatinsky left for Ukraine for security purposes, where the Pylev brothers found Lyosha the Soldier. They offered him to kill Gusyatinsky, because they wanted to single-handedly rule in the Medvedkovskaya organized criminal group. Lyosha Soldat, as he admitted during interrogations, was delighted with such an “order” - Gusyatinsky was the only person in the group who knew everything about him: places of residence, relatives, real name, etc. The killer shot his boss in Kyiv from a sniper rifle, when he went to the window of the hotel room.
After that, the Pylevs raised Sherstobitov's salary to $ 5 thousand and sent him to sit out in Greece. Sherstobitov was even allowed to assemble his own team. In one of the private security companies controlled by Orekhovsky, he spotted two people. One of them is a former GRU officer, a specialist in radio electronics, the second is a former fireman (he was engaged in outdoor surveillance, got weapons, etc.).
Again, the services of Lyosha the Soldier were needed only two years later - in January 1997. Then the Medvedkovskaya organized criminal group had a conflict with the owner of the Dolls club, Joseph Glotser. Sherstobitov went on reconnaissance to a nightclub located on Krasnaya Presnya Street. Suddenly, he saw Glotzer leave the building and get into his car. The killer had a small-caliber (5.6mm (.22LR) Ruger) revolver with him, and he decided to take a chance and fired through an open window from a distance of 50 meters. The bullet hit Glozer in the temple. The next task of his group was to shadow Solonik, who after sensational escape from the pre-trial detention center "Matrosskaya Tishina" lived in Greece... Sherstobitov's people stuffed his Athenian house with listening devices and conducted round-the-clock surveillance from the cottage opposite. It was they who recorded the telephone conversation in which Solonik uttered the fatal phrase for himself: "They must be brought down." With these words, the Pylev brothers felt threatened, and Solonik was eventually killed.
In 1998, the Pylevs, on the basis of the distribution of business income, had a conflict with the president of the Russian Gold company Alexander Tarantsev. And again, Sherstobitov was involved to solve the problem. He followed the businessman for almost four months and realized that he, having very professional security, was practically not vulnerable to killers. Tarantsev could only hit the scope window when he was walking down the steps of the office in Moscow. Lyosha Soldier built a remote-controlled device with a Kalashnikov assault rifle in a VAZ-2104. The car was installed right at the exit from the Russian Gold office. Lyosha the Soldier saw Tarantsev descending the stairs on a special display. He aimed at the businessman's head and pressed a button on the remote. But for some reason, the complex device did not work. An automatic burst was heard only a day later, a Russian Gold guard died from it, and two bystanders were injured. Tarantsev survived.
Law enforcement agencies learned about the existence of Sherstobitov only after the arrest of the Orekhovo-Medvedkovo leaders in the early 2000s. Yes, but only in general terms. Ordinary militants spoke during interrogations about a certain Lyosha Soldier, but no one knew either his last name or what he looked like. The Pylev brothers said that they had heard of such a person for the first time. Then the investigators decided that Lyosha the Soldier was some kind of mythical collective image. Lyosha the Soldier himself was extremely cautious: he did not communicate with any of the ordinary militants and never participated in their gatherings. He was a master of conspiracy and reincarnation: going to work, he always used wigs, fake beards or mustaches. Sherstobitov left no fingerprints at the crime scene, and there were no witnesses. The detectives eventually came to the conclusion that Lyosha the Soldier is a myth. And yet, he managed to get on his trail.
In 2005, one of the members of the Kurgan organized crime group (she was associated with the Orekhovskaya and Medvedkovskaya organized crime groups), who was serving a long term, unexpectedly called the investigators to him and stated that a certain killer had once beaten off his girl. Through her, the detectives went to Sherstobitov, who was detained in early 2006, when he came to the Botkin hospital to visit his father. During a search of his rented apartment in Mytishchi, detectives found several pistols and machine guns in Sherstobitov's possession. As it turned out, by this time Sherstobitov had long since moved away from the "Orekhovo-Medvedkovo" cases and was engaged in his own criminal business.
Composition of the group:
Alexey Sherstobitov (Soldier) - Art. lieutenant in the Ministry of Defense;
Chaplygin Sergei (Chip) - captain of the GRU MO;
Pogorelov Alexander (Sanchez) - captain of the GRU MO;
Vilkov Sergey - Captain VV.
press portrait
Hair Color: Brunet
Eye color: Brown
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 87-90 kg
Body Type: Athletic
Age: 45 years old
Special Features: None. Looks 10 years younger.
Date of birth: 01/31/1967
Marital status: Single, no family.
Children: Two
Higher education
Specialty: Army reserve officer.
Awards: Commander of the Order "For Personal Courage"
Role in the organized crime group: One of the main participants in the Orekhovskaya group.
Profile: Particularly difficult tasks requiring the ability to wait. Murders. Single.
Arrested: Penultimate in February 2006
Convicted: By two jury trials
Charge: 12 murders.
Basis of accusation: Own confessions.
Term: 23 years. The content regime is strict.
Estimated release date: 02/02/2029
Opinions of those who know him
Character traits:
Intelligent, calm, reasonable, patient, sympathetic, honest, devoted comrade, has a healthy sense of humor, optimist, capable of self-sacrifice, monogamous, well-read, not arrogant, not vindictive, not vindictive, suspicious, analytical mindset, penchant for the humanities, rarely listens to the opinions of others, focusing mainly on his own, which he can defend even with some aggression, being jealous.
Arrest and trial
- February 2, 2006 - arrest, then 4 years in SIZO 99/1.
- Jury verdict of February 22, 2008 "Guilty, not worthy of leniency."
- The verdict of the Moscow City Court dated March 3, 2008 - 13 years of strict regime, Judge Zubarev A.I.
- Jury verdict of September 24, 2008 - "Guilty, worthy of leniency"
- The verdict of the Moscow City Court of September 29, 2008 - 23 years of strict regime. Judge Shtunder P.E.
The term by the addition of sentences is 23 years l / s in a strict regime colony with the retention of the title and awards. He was accused of committing 12 murders and attempted murders and more than 10 articles of the Criminal Code related to his activities.
USSR, Russia
(deprived of award by court order)
Alexey Lvovich Sherstobitov ("Lesha-Soldier") - (January 31, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR). Hereditary officer, holder of the Order "For Personal Courage", was the leader of a conspiratorial group of specialists from the GRU, KGB, Ministry of Internal Affairs as part of the Orekhovskaya organized criminal group, designed to collect, process and use information, as well as to physically eliminate particular complexity. Member of the Orekhovskaya OCG, known as "Lesha the Soldier". On account of his 12 proven murders and attempts.
Biography
Aleksey Sherstobitov was born into the family of a career military man and dreamed of serving all his life. From an early age he knew how to handle weapons, and after graduating from school he entered the Military Railway School. During his studies, he even detained a dangerous criminal, for which he was awarded an order. Then he served in the unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, providing special deliveries. A radical turning point in Sherstobitov's life occurred during the 1993 coup. He was returning home when he was beaten up by demonstrators, believing that he, being a military man, was a threat to democracy. Sherstobitov then realized that a man in an army uniform no longer commands respect from his compatriots, whom he planned to protect even at the cost of his own life. Shortly thereafter, he retired with the rank of First Lieutenant.
At that time, Sherstobitov was fond of power triathlon and regularly went to the gym. There he met Grigory Gusyatinsky (“Grisha Severny”) and Sergey Ananyev (“Kultik”), who at that time was the head of the Powerlifting and Powerlifting Federation and at the same time Gusyatinsky’s deputy in the Medvedkov group. Initially, Gusyatinsky instructed Sherstobitov to ensure the safety of several stalls. Starley proved to be a good organizer, able to solve (including by force) emerging problems. The leaders of the Medvedkovskaya organized crime group appreciated his abilities and offered a new position - a full-time killer.
One of the first tasks of Lyosha the Soldier was the murder of Otari Kvantrishvili. In a few days he was given a German-made small-caliber Anschutz rifle, which he slightly improved by adapting a plastic butt from a blowgun. The name of the victim was not given to Sherstobitov. On April 5, 1994, Kultik brought him to Stolyarny Lane. There Sherstobitov was ordered to go up to the attic, from where a view of the entrance to the Presnensky baths opened. The goal was simply stated: “Several Caucasians will come out. You will need to shoot at the largest one. They turned out to be Kvantrishvili. Having fired three times, Sherstobitov wanted, just in case, to shoot the one walking next to Mamiashvili, but took pity on him when he saw how he rushed to help his wounded friend. About whom he killed, Sherstobitov learned from news releases. After that, he hid for several months - he was afraid that the customers would “remove” him. But the leaders had other plans for him - he received and fulfilled several more contracts. During interrogations at the MUR, he stated that he did not regret anything, since all his victims were unworthy of life. Already at the trial, Sherstobitov said that the leader of the Orekhovskaya organized crime group Sergey Timofeev, who worked closely with the Medvedkovskaya organized crime group, instructed the leader of the Medvedkovskaya Grigory Gusyatinsky to deal with Kvantrishvili, and he had already transferred the "order" to Lyosha Soldat. Moreover, the killer was only told that it was necessary to eliminate the person who “mortally threatens” the interests of Timofeev.
In 1994, Timofeev had a conflict with thief in law Andrey Isaev, known by the nickname "Painting". Shortly before this, Timofeev organized an explosion at the LogoVAZ office, during which Boris Berezovsky received minor injuries. The oligarch and the authority had a long-standing dispute over the amount of 100 million rubles received from several transactions. Timofeev liked the effect that the explosion produced, and he ordered to deal with Isaev in the same way. Lyosha Soldier installed a car filled with explosives near Isaev's house on Autumn Boulevard. When he left, the killer pressed the remote control button. Isaev himself was injured, but survived. The explosion killed a little girl. Despite the unsuccessful attempt, Sylvester was satisfied with the operation, he personally rewarded Sherstobitov with a TT pistol. And soon Timofeev himself was killed. It is noteworthy that no separate payments for the work performed were provided for Sherstobitov in the group. He had a monthly salary of $ 2.5 thousand, sometimes he was also given bonuses. For the murder of Kvantrishvili, Lyosha the Soldier was awarded the VAZ-2107. Sherstobitov received money only from the hands of Gusyatinsky, while the rest of the group, with the exception of a few more of its leaders, did not know his real name and did not see his face (she came to general meetings in makeup, a wig and a false mustache). Sylvester himself met with Lyosha the Soldier only once.
After the murder of Sergei Timofeev on September 13, 1994, Sherstobitov and Gusyatinsky left for Ukraine for security purposes, where the Pylev brothers found Lyosha the Soldier. They offered him to kill Gusyatinsky, because they wanted to single-handedly rule in the Medvedkovskaya organized criminal group. Lyosha Soldat, as he admitted during interrogations, was delighted with such an “order” - Gusyatinsky was the only person in the group who knew everything about him: places of residence, relatives, real name, etc. The killer shot his boss in Kyiv from a sniper rifle, when he went to the window of the hotel room.
After that, the Pylevs raised Sherstobitov's salary to $ 5 thousand and sent him to sit out in Greece. Sherstobitov was even allowed to assemble his own team. In one of the private security companies controlled by Orekhovsky, he spotted two people. One of them is a former GRU officer, a specialist in radio electronics, the second is a former fireman (he was engaged in outdoor surveillance, got weapons, etc.).
Again, the services of Lyosha the Soldier were needed only two years later - in January 1997. Then the Medvedkovskaya organized criminal group had a conflict with the owner of the Dolls club, Joseph Glotser. Sherstobitov went on reconnaissance to a nightclub located on Krasnaya Presnya Street. Suddenly, he saw Glotzer leave the building and get into his car. The killer had a small-caliber (5.6mm (.22LR) Ruger) revolver with him, and he decided to take a chance and fired through an open window from a distance of 50 meters. The bullet hit Glozer in the temple. The next task of his group was to shadow Solonik, who after sensational escape from the pre-trial detention center "Matrosskaya Tishina" lived in Greece... Sherstobitov's people stuffed his Athenian house with listening devices and conducted round-the-clock surveillance from the cottage opposite. It was they who recorded the telephone conversation in which Solonik uttered the fatal phrase for himself: "They must be brought down." With these words, the Pylev brothers felt threatened, and Solonik was eventually killed.
In 1998, the Pylevs, on the basis of the distribution of business income, had a conflict with the president of the Russian Gold company Alexander Tarantsev. And again, Sherstobitov was involved to solve the problem. He followed the businessman for almost four months and realized that he, having very professional security, was practically not vulnerable to killers. Tarantsev could only hit the scope window when he was walking down the steps of the office in Moscow. Lyosha Soldier built a remote-controlled device with a Kalashnikov assault rifle in a VAZ-2104. The car was installed right at the exit from the Russian Gold office. Lyosha the Soldier saw Tarantsev descending the stairs on a special display. He aimed at the businessman's head and pressed a button on the remote. But for some reason, the complex device did not work. An automatic burst was heard only a day later, a Russian Gold guard died from it, and two bystanders were injured. Tarantsev survived.
Law enforcement agencies learned about the existence of Sherstobitov only after the arrest of the Orekhovo-Medvedkovo leaders in the early 2000s. Yes, but only in general terms. Ordinary militants spoke during interrogations about a certain Lyosha Soldier, but no one knew either his last name or what he looked like. The Pylev brothers said that they had heard of such a person for the first time. Then the investigators decided that Lyosha the Soldier was some kind of mythical collective image. Lyosha the Soldier himself was extremely cautious: he did not communicate with any of the ordinary militants and never participated in their gatherings. He was a master of conspiracy and reincarnation: going to work, he always used wigs, fake beards or mustaches. Sherstobitov left no fingerprints at the crime scene, and there were no witnesses. The detectives eventually came to the conclusion that Lyosha the Soldier is a myth. And yet, he managed to get on his trail.
In 2005, one of the members of the Kurgan organized crime group (she was associated with the Orekhovskaya and Medvedkovskaya organized crime groups), who was serving a long term, unexpectedly called the investigators to him and stated that a certain killer had once beaten off his girl. Through her, the detectives went to Sherstobitov, who was detained in early 2006, when he came to the Botkin hospital to visit his father. During a search of his rented apartment in Mytishchi, detectives found several pistols and machine guns in Sherstobitov's possession. As it turned out, by this time Sherstobitov had long since moved away from the "Orekhovo-Medvedkovo" cases and was engaged in his own criminal business.
Composition of the group:
Alexey Sherstobitov (Soldier) - Art. lieutenant in the Ministry of Defense;
Chaplygin Sergei (Chip) - captain of the GRU MO;
Pogorelov Alexander (Sanchez) - captain of the GRU MO;
Vilkov Sergey - Captain VV.
press portrait
Hair Color: Brunet
Eye color: Brown
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 87-90 kg
Body Type: Athletic
Age: 45 years old
Special Features: None. Looks 10 years younger.
Date of birth: 01/31/1967
Marital status: Single, no family.
Children: Two
Higher education
Specialty: Army reserve officer.
Awards: Commander of the Order "For Personal Courage"
Role in the organized crime group: One of the main participants in the Orekhovskaya group.
Profile: Particularly difficult tasks requiring the ability to wait. Murders. Single.
Arrested: Penultimate in February 2006
Convicted: By two jury trials
Charge: 12 murders.
Basis of accusation: Own confessions.
Term: 23 years. The content regime is strict.
Estimated release date: 02/02/2029
Opinions of those who know him
Character traits:
Intelligent, calm, reasonable, patient, sympathetic, honest, devoted comrade, has a healthy sense of humor, optimist, capable of self-sacrifice, monogamous, well-read, not arrogant, not vindictive, not vindictive, suspicious, analytical mindset, penchant for the humanities, rarely listens to the opinions of others, focusing mainly on his own, which he can defend even with some aggression, being jealous.
Arrest and trial
- February 2, 2006 - arrest, then 4 years in SIZO 99/1.
- Jury verdict of February 22, 2008 "Guilty, not worthy of leniency."
- The verdict of the Moscow City Court dated March 3, 2008 - 13 years of strict regime, Judge Zubarev A.I.
- Jury verdict of September 24, 2008 - "Guilty, worthy of leniency"
- The verdict of the Moscow City Court of September 29, 2008 - 23 years of strict regime. Judge Shtunder P.E.
The term by the addition of sentences is 23 years l / s in a strict regime colony with the retention of the title and awards. He was accused of committing 12 murders and attempted murders and more than 10 articles of the Criminal Code related to his activities.
Convicted to 23 years for 12 murders in the 90s, hired killer Alexei Sherstobitov (Lyosha Soldat) is now in prison, but this does not prevent him from being active in social networks. So, “friends and relatives” maintain the killer’s account on Instagram, where new photos from the colony regularly appear, accompanied by Sherstobitov’s philosophical quotes. And it seems that during his imprisonment he managed to become a prolific writer.
Alexey Sherstobitov, aka Lyosha Soldat, became known to a mass audience in the middle of the 2000s. In the 90s, Sherstobitov was a killer of the Medvedkovskaya organized crime group and an ally of the Orekhovskaya organized criminal group, whose identity remained a secret for more than a decade. Due to the killer's professional skills and ability to keep his identity secret, some even believed that Lyosha the Soldier was not a real person, but a collective image of assassins of that time.
In 2006, Sherstobitov confessed to 12 murders, received 23 years in a strict regime and went to a colony. There he became a writer. From 2013 to the present, the killer has released more than ten books. It all started with the autobiographical “Liquidation. Confessions of a legendary killer”, and now Aleksey is already trying himself in various genres. So, most recently, on August 14, 2018, he released the mystical detective "Demon on Yavoni".
As follows from the description, the account of “the writer and author of the bestseller “Liquidator. Confessions of a legendary killer” is conducted by friends and relatives of Alexei. And one of the entries in the Soldier’s VKontakte group specifies that his “closest person” is engaged in instagram, so it can be assumed that the account is maintained by Marina Sherstobitova’s wife. They got married in 2016, having arranged a photo shoot in the images of gangsters right in the colony.
There are many photos of Alexei on Instagram, both from life before the trial, and directly from the colony. And each of them is accompanied by a philosophical quote.
So, the writer talks about history and whether it can be changed.
Alexey Sherstobitov
They say that history cannot be changed. But it's not. It is impossible to return the past day, but it is quite possible to correct yesterday's mistakes today. And then "it was bad" will turn into "it was bad, but since then everything has changed." The story of your life is yours, so that you and only you yourself be its creator and rewrite it yourself, if necessary.
Reassures subscribers that there are no unsolvable problems.
Quoting Oscar Wilde.
And he advises us all to smile more often.
Alexey Sherstobitov
Always wake up with a smile. Think that today is a very lucky day for you. Learn to enjoy every little thing, and positive emotions will force out unnecessary negativity from life.
By the way, the philosophical component can be found not only in Alexei's Instagram, but also in his lyrics. Yes, he is also a poet. His new poems are regularly published on Stihi.ru.
Don't forget what happened and what's to come
Not washed out, not boiled,
Stretched like a broken flight
A falcon falling dead from the sky.Slowed down by a flattened wing,
Lohmotysya podperkom cooled,
To part with both good and evil,
Died, shattered numb.
An excerpt from the poem "The Falcon is shot down", 04/12/18
However, the prison changed not only Aleksey Sherstobitov, but also another well-known prisoner, Maxim Martsinkevich. Suddenly, Tesak said that now he wants not to change Russia, but to leave it quickly, and that now he no longer likes neo-Nazism,.
But the robber from England, his "profession" does not prevent him from being a real blogger. He maintains his own Instagram account, in which he talks in detail about his crimes. He also has an interactive with subscribers: he asks them,.
A hired killer nicknamed Lyosha the Soldier eliminated his victims for a regular salary
"Killer No. 1" - this was considered Alexei SHERSTOBITOV, nicknamed Lesha the Soldier. His crimes caused shock and awe for many years. His targets were businessmen, politicians, leaders of organized criminal groups: Otari KVANTRISHVILI, Grigory GUSYATINSKY, Iosif GLOTSER, Alexander TARANTSEV ... Lesha the Soldier also had an order to eliminate Boris BEREZOVSKY.
The prisoner sentenced to 23 years for the first time gave a frank interview to our correspondent.
- You have recently released the book "Liquidator". What did you want to say to her?
The meaning of the book was laid in the working, original, title - "Anabasis to repentance." This is also seen in the subtitle of the already printed edition - "Confessions of the legendary killer." In other words, this is the path through internal resistance, in battles with one's pride, to the recognition of what has been done and the repentance of a fallen and spiritually dead person.
In Orthodoxy, the concept of “repentance” also means an action that is the opposite of what was done. My book is just such an action, designed to debunk all the romanticism of such a life, to remove the wrapper of justifications for the events of that time. But along with this, to highlight the reasons that led young people like me, some to violence, some to prison, and some to an unknown death.
Remove the oligarch
In your book you describe how Berezovsky was supposed to be killed. Do you regret not pulling the trigger at that fateful moment?
Then Berezovsky fractions of a second separated from death. It is impossible to say whether it would have been better or worse if the bullet had hit its target. It is not for me to judge his deeds, although it is clear who he was for Russia. God be his judge. I do not regret!
- But why was it not possible to bring the matter to the end in the assassination attempt on Berezovsky?
Then the task was set by Sylvester (leader of the Orekhovskaya organized crime group Sergei Timofeev. -B.K.). He was also the mastermind behind the assassination. Otari Kvantrishvili. Solved a multi-million dollar problem: taking control of the Tuapse refinery. And, as in the assassination attempt on Otari, the execution of the assassination attempt on BAB was supervised by Kultik ( Sergei Ananievsky, the head of the Russian Powerlifting Federation at that time and at the same time the second person in the Orekhovo-Medvedkovskaya organized criminal group. - B.K.) And Grigory Gusyatinsky- The "foreman" of the Medvedkovskys, a former KGB officer nicknamed Grisha Severny. He persuaded to keep in touch through the walkie-talkie. I am categorically against clogging the air in such situations. But I had to give in.
At the very last moment, the ether exploded with screams. And with full concentration on the target before the shot, third-party senses are almost turned off. I barely heard this swearing and realized about the suspension of the operation literally a split second before the shot.
- Does it look like interference from some influential forces?
Gusyatinsky sometimes asked to do something for Sylvester, and so it was that time. I expressed my dissatisfaction with him because of the disrupted case. But he said that the order to stop the operation was given by Sylvester himself from someone's office in the Lubyanka. Think about it: who fought with whom, at whose expense, for the sake of whose interests? And who ultimately won. Or lost. Think at your leisure why, three days before the shooting at the Krasnopresnensky baths, Kvantrishvili was under surveillance by one of the departments of the same structure, and he was shot dead without interference.
- In "Liquidator" you call the owner of "Russian Gold" Alexander Tarantsev the customer of a number of murders. Including the owner of the club "Dolls" Joseph Glotser. Are you afraid of accusations of libel? Or even something worse?I'm not afraid of the truth! The investigators who conducted our case know this information better than I do. All these years I, like any of our organized criminal groups, knew who this person was. However, to such as he, I am sure, the law is applied differently than to ordinary citizens. Mister Tarantsev- is no exception to businessmen who started in the early 90s. But compared to some of the current people who are at large and boldly flashing on the blue screen, he is just a child! I wrote about him in the book for only one reason - Alexander Petrovich's company was a very large sector of the economy of our "trade union". A lot of things closed in his company. Without it, everything said would be incomplete and would be perceived untruthfully. There are no lies in this book!
Some politicians are worse than thugs
If the 90s were carried over to our time? Imagine you have received an order for a famous politician or businessman. Let's say Chubais.
Well, if you only look from the position of that time ... Big names, then, they will search in earnest. Although there are always two sides. One will gain from this, the other will lose. I do not like politics, there is no place for morality in it: blackmail, political destruction of the enemy, set-ups. But people also choose this path themselves. To be honest, sir Nemtsov as an oppositionist is not perceived by me. He, like Chubais, one of those who handed us over to the West and actually unleashed a civil war, to which my book is dedicated. I remember well what these young reformers did in the 1990s and how it all ended. I think then I would not shoot at a politician, although time has shown that for the most part they are worse than those for whose death I was convicted.
- What do you think, the killer is a profession? Or lifestyle? Or maybe it's fate?Here, the possible indignation of the readers of your newspaper immediately comes to mind: “We survived, the killer is being interviewed! As if there is no one more worthy! And they ask to tell about the profession!” Maybe they are right. But how then to solve this problem, if you do not talk about it?
Although “killer” is translated from English as “murderer”, I have never been a killer! A killer for sure! Because the killer receives a large fee for the execution of the order, and I did not receive money for the elimination, because I was on a permanent allowance. The amount varied depending on the financial condition of the "trade union". It came out at two thousand dollars a month, then it became five. At the same time, I have always been mainly engaged in the extraction of information - listening to phones, intercepting mobile and paging communications, surveillance, search, analysis. It was this that was part of my main duties for almost a decade and a half, and it was thanks to my main activity that the MUR investigators got the part of the archive that pleased them so much with calculations on several groups. By the way, they turned out to be more accurate and more detailed than the ones they had.
I knew about two dozen people who were professional murderers. Most of them are already dead, almost all of them are still alive, except for two who are missing. This, by the way, indicates the presence in the bodies of people who know how to fight crime. I think I will not reveal secrets if I say that psychologists did not particularly work with any of them. Except perhaps at the Serbsky Institute on a commission for some five minutes, and then for the sake of formality. In all the works where I read about the psychology of such a "profession", I found only descriptions of what killers should be. That is, something close to a certain standard. Everyone I met had a resemblance to the one described by no more than 50 percent. I’m silent about the fact that they were a little similar to each other. Of course, the reasons why they took up their craft are far from the same. Maybe this will be frank: the vast majority of them had almost nothing to do with either special structures or the army. Some didn't even serve.I emphasize that a person who has become a killer definitely shines in a hole in the forest or a prison.
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In the photo, he (on the right) is posing with Andrey PYLEV against the backdrop of the Spanish beauties (1995) |
- How long do you have to sit?
I was arrested on February 2, 2006. For Americans, it's Groundhog Day. Here I am more about the film. Many in prison compare their stay there with the misfortune that befell the protagonist: every day is like the previous one ... So, I was arrested in 2006, and my release, if the Lord wills, in 2029. The main thing is to spend every day, every hour with benefit, trying to fix at least something.
REFERENCE
* Alexey SHERSTOBITOV was born in 1967 in Moscow.
* Hereditary officer, holder of the Order "For Personal Courage".
* He was a member of a group of former employees of the GRU, KGB, Ministry of Internal Affairs as part of the Orekhovskaya and Medvedkovskaya organized crime groups, designed to collect, process and use information, as well as to physically eliminate particular complexity.
* On account of his 12 proven murders and attempts.
The legendary killer Alexei Sherstobitov, while imprisoned in the Lipetsk colony, writes books, composes songs, got married again and leads an active network life.
Sentenced to 23 years for the murders committed in the 90s, the killer of the famous Medvedkovskaya group Alexei Sherstobitov does not lose courage and regularly shares his photos from the colony, supplementing them with philosophical quotes. The conclusion in no way affected his love of life, but only made him a prolific writer and poet.
Aleksey Sherstobitov, 51, is serving a 23-year sentence in the Lipetsk colony for 12 contract killings committed in the 1990s.
Fame came to Sherstobitov in the middle of the 2000s, after he successfully hid from justice for many years. Interestingly, for a long time Sherstobitov was considered a fictional character, and his pseudonym - Lesha Soldier - was a collective image of a group of assassins.
Sherstobitov in 2002, 4 years before his arrest and trial.
His life changed dramatically after his arrest in 2006. Then he made a sensational confession about 12 contract killings of crime bosses and businessmen, and as a result received 23 years of strict regime. But even in the colony, he found something to do, starting to write poetry and prose. The starting point of his career behind bars was his autobiography The Liquidator. After its release, Alexei continues to try himself in new genres, and just a few days ago his new book "Demon on Yavoni" was published.
But the famous killer did not stop at these achievements. Now he is learning a “new craft” - he has become active in the network directly from the Lipetsk colony: Sherstobitov’s accounts have been found in almost all social networks. The outrageous prisoner is of great interest to users. Online, he shares some of the details of his time in prison and advises readers to start every day with a smile.
Photo from an Instagram account that has already been deleted from the network.
The famous prisoner supplied the pictures with philosophical quotes like this one:
They say that history cannot be changed. But it's not. It is impossible to return the past day, but it is quite possible to correct yesterday's mistakes today. And then "it was bad" will turn into "it was bad, but since then everything has changed." The story of your life is yours, so that you and only you yourself be its creator and rewrite it yourself, if necessary.
Lesha Soldat has an official website, a VKontakte group dedicated to his life, and a fairly popular YouTube channel. However, until recently, the most interesting news about Sherstobitov could be found from Istagram. The account, which was recently deleted during publicity in the media, was run by the killer's current wife, Marina. By the way, the story of their love surprised the world back in June 2016, when they registered their marriage.
Sherstobitov and his fiancee Marina, a psychiatrist who used to work as a medical examiner.
With his future wife, 33-year-old psychiatrist from St. Petersburg Marina Sosnenko, the genius of disguise met through correspondence. Previously, the spectacular brunette was married to the famous actor Sergei Druzhko. Letter after letter, Alexei and Marina got to know each other better and eventually decided to get married. The ceremony itself, carefully coordinated with the administration of the colony, lasted only about 15 minutes. And from the photo gallery of the official website of the crime writer, it became known that the young people also consecrated the bonds of marriage with a wedding.
The marriage registration procedure was carried out in the office of the deputy. head of the ITC For this, a registry office employee was specially invited. Among the few invited were only the closest relatives and friends of the newlyweds - Lesha Soldat's sisters, childhood friends of both spouses and the killer's lawyer. After the marriage, the young, as legal spouses, received permission for a long meeting. Also on the occasion of the marriage, the prison authorities allowed a photo shoot. The newlyweds posed in the costumes of American gangsters of the Prohibition period.
Despite the fact that many events from his personal life have become public, Alexey continues to be a man of mystery. In many ways, this is facilitated by his past life, many situations from which have not yet been voiced. Only sometimes Sherstobitov opens this curtain of mystery, talking about the ups and downs of the 90s.
One of his loudest statements was his confession to the murder of Otari Kvarntrishvili in 1994. It was this high-profile case that caused a storm of emotions among those around him and made Lesha Soldat re-realize how slippery his path as a killer became after this order.
Boris Berezovsky after the assassination attempt in 1994
But the most difficult target, according to Sherstobitov, was Boris Berezovsky. The oligarch visited him at gunpoint in the same 1994. The reason for "this meeting" was a controversial $100,000 between a well-known crime boss and a businessman. After Berezovsky survived the explosion of his car, Alexei was ordered to finish him off. But just a few seconds before completing the task, the killer learned that the decision to eliminate was canceled.
Aleksey was detained at the beginning of 2006, at a time when he had already retired. Law enforcement agencies learned about the existence of Sherstobitov only in 2003, when the leaders of the Orekhovo-Medvedkovskaya organized criminal group were arrested. One of them wrote a frank confession, where he first "leaked" his killer. Ordinary militants spoke during interrogations about a certain "Lesha the Soldier", but no one knew either his last name or what he looked like. The investigators believed that "Lyosha the Soldier" was some kind of mythical collective image. Sherstobitov himself was extremely cautious: he did not communicate with ordinary bandits, did not participate in their gatherings. He was a master of conspiracy and reincarnation: going to work, he always used wigs, fake beards or mustaches. Sherstobitov left no fingerprints at the crime scene, and there were no witnesses.
Sherstobitov at trial in 2006.
In 2005, Andrey Koligov, one of the leaders of the Kurgan organized crime group (she was associated with the Orekhovskaya and Medvedkovskaya organized crime groups), who was serving a long term, unexpectedly called the investigators to him and stated that a certain killer had once beaten off his girl (it was Irina). Through her, the detectives went to Sherstobitov, who was detained in early 2006, when he came to the Botkin hospital to visit his father. During a search of Sherstobitov's rented apartment in Mytishchi, detectives found several pistols and machine guns.
Recall that while serving his sentence, Sherstobitov wrote 11 books on criminal topics. The controversial literary value of the works does not interfere with the popularity of the writer. Readers note the usefulness of books in cognitive terms. After all, the events of those years are still fresh in my memory. In anticipation of the verdict, Alexey Shestorbitov wrote a cycle of poems devoted to the themes of remorse and death.
Everything that you want to say to the outside world today, the ex-killer pours out with the help of creativity. He tries to remember his “past sins” as little as possible and looks to the future with optimism.
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