Nikolay Suleimanov
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Nikolay Suleimanov, known more commonly as "Khoza", was a leading "authority" of the Chechen mafia
organization Obshina.
Suleimanov came to Moscow
in the early 1980s and helped Khozh-Ahmed Noukhaev
and Ruslan A. to set up the Chechen gangs there. By 1986 his group controlled foreign car sales business in the Southern River Port, but actually specialized in racketeering the "New Russian
" class. Following a turf war in 1988-89 the Chechen alliance, nominally controlled by Musa the Older, managed to force some of the top rival criminal organizations completely out of the city and assume the dominant position in Moscow. In 1990 he was sentenced to four years in prison, but was released two years later.
In 1993 he went with his men to Chechnya, where he was joined the charismatic gangster-turned-militant Ruslan Labazanov
and took part in a coup attempt against the Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev, demanding his resignation. After having been seriously wounded during a demonstration-turned-shootout in the center of Grozny
and taken into Dudayev's government custody, Suleymanov left the separatist republic and returned to Moscow.
"Khoze" was reportedly killed in December 1994, shortly before the outbreak of First Chechen War
, shot dead at one of his businesses, the 7th Car Service Station in Moscow, by a contract killer sent by the Russian Mafia
. His position was taken over by "Aslan" and "Lechi the Beard". It was one of the series of high-profile gangland murders that marked the beginning of another turn of major mafiya bloodletting in 1995-1996.
Chechen mafia
The Chechen mafia is one of the largest organized crime groups operating in the former Soviet Union next to established Russian mafia gangs, which originally consisted of criminals of Chechen ethnicity who later also tried to recruit former Russian special military forces, police and army officers...
organization Obshina.
Suleimanov came to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
in the early 1980s and helped Khozh-Ahmed Noukhaev
Khozh-Ahmed Noukhaev
Khozh-Ahmed Tashtamirovich Noukhayev , also spelled Hozh-Ahmed Nukhaev, Nukhayev or Noukhaev, was a leader of the Chechen mafia known as Obshina and a prominent figure in Chechen politics...
and Ruslan A. to set up the Chechen gangs there. By 1986 his group controlled foreign car sales business in the Southern River Port, but actually specialized in racketeering the "New Russian
New Russian
New Russian is a term for the newly rich business class in post-Soviet Russia. It is perceived as a stereotypical caricature...
" class. Following a turf war in 1988-89 the Chechen alliance, nominally controlled by Musa the Older, managed to force some of the top rival criminal organizations completely out of the city and assume the dominant position in Moscow. In 1990 he was sentenced to four years in prison, but was released two years later.
In 1993 he went with his men to Chechnya, where he was joined the charismatic gangster-turned-militant Ruslan Labazanov
Ruslan Labazanov
Ruslan Labazanov was a notorious criminal boss of the Chechen mafia and head of a Chechen armed faction, held by some as an example of a modern abrek .-Biography:...
and took part in a coup attempt against the Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev, demanding his resignation. After having been seriously wounded during a demonstration-turned-shootout in the center of Grozny
Grozny
Grozny is the capital city of the Chechen Republic, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 271,596; up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Census. but still only about two-thirds of 399,688 recorded in the 1989...
and taken into Dudayev's government custody, Suleymanov left the separatist republic and returned to Moscow.
"Khoze" was reportedly killed in December 1994, shortly before the outbreak of First Chechen War
First Chechen War
The First Chechen War, also known as the War in Chechnya, was a conflict between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, fought from December 1994 to August 1996...
, shot dead at one of his businesses, the 7th Car Service Station in Moscow, by a contract killer sent by the Russian Mafia
Russian Mafia
The Russian Mafia is a name applied to organized crime syndicates in Russia and Ukraine. The mafia in various countries take the name of the country, as for example the Ukrainian mafia....
. His position was taken over by "Aslan" and "Lechi the Beard". It was one of the series of high-profile gangland murders that marked the beginning of another turn of major mafiya bloodletting in 1995-1996.