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In St. Petersburg and the Novgorod region, two suspects were detained for committing four contract killings in 1997-2001, reported in the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
“In St. Petersburg, detectives detained 56-year-old Anatoly B., and in the city of Borovichi, Novgorod Region, 53-year-old Igor V. In the 1990s, both were members of the liquidation team of one of the then existing criminal groups in St. Petersburg,” the department said in a statement.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs believes that the detainees were involved in four murders: in 1997 – two representatives of criminal groups, in 1999 – a 23-year-old girl who was previously a member of a criminal group, in 2001 – a St. Petersburg businessman to seize his business. In addition, in 1996, one of the detainees organized an assassination attempt on two representatives of criminal circles because of a conflict with them.
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