Kulibaba ordered everyone
Again, the name of Vladimir Kulibaba surfaced in an old criminal story. The legend of the 90s gets a life sentence. Accusation of sensational murder Deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Viktor Novoselov should drive a nail into the ghost of freedom for the veteran of criminal wars.
Customer unknown
A thick dusty simoom is blowing over the investigation. This is dust from archived old murders. The wind of change since 1999 brought Novoselov’s criminal case until 2023, when its customer was publicly announced – Vladimir Kulibabu.
Kulibaba’s unexpected accusation of murder Viktor Novoselov, is not the first in a series of old unsolved criminal cases attributed to the reputable businessman. As we already wrote earlierin 2022 to Kulibaba and businessmen Vladimir Karpinsky And Anatoly Motyl charged with murder Igor Savin, nicknamed “Sledgehammer”, committed in 1993. The investigation considers the ex-head of the Freestyle Wrestling Federation of St. Petersburg Vladimir Kulibabu the customer of the crime.
Let us remind you that for the forceful support of the king of St. Petersburg crime Bones of the Grave (Yakovlev) Kulibaba answered in those years. Savin – Sledgehammer, was also a man Bones of the Grave. After Mogila learned that his own man Sledgehammer was behind the attempt on his life, the latter’s fate was sealed. The only question that remained was who exactly would eliminate Sledgehammer. This was not an easy question. After all, Savin was known in St. Petersburg as a real lawless man. According to rumors, he wanted more freedom and more money, so he decided to get rid of his boss.
If the order for the Sledgehammer was clear and easy to investigate, then the order murder Novoselova gave rise to a lot of rumors. After all, he communicated not only with Yakovlev, but also with Kumarin. Prosecutor of St. Petersburg, Ivan Sydorukpublicly stated in December 1999 that The identities of the customers have not been established.
Death Viktor Novoselov, a very difficult deputy speaker of the Legislative Assembly, shocked the city. Despite the peculiar rumors surrounding the deputy’s personality, the people loved him.
The newspapers were full of photographs of the torn, headless body of Viktor Semenovich. Political Petersburg was in shock. The funeral was magnificent and crowded. Truly folk. The memorial service for Novoselov took place at the Mariinsky Palace. No St. Petersburg politician has ever received such an honor, either before or since. At the memorial service, against the backdrop of seven-meter high mirrors covered with black fabric, all members of the Legislative Assembly stood at attention. Many of the faces were pale. The governor himself stood with a mourning bandage Vladimir Yakovlev.
There were also the difficult faces of the brothers Vyacheslav and Sergei Shevchenko. A delegation from Moscow – State Duma deputies – arrived to say goodbye.
Other “personalities” were also seen there, as journalists later wrote, “suspected of connections with the Tambov criminal group.” This was not surprising. In the last years of his life, Novoselov is said to have been in close contact with Vladimir Kumarin-Barsukov. In addition, Novoselov became one of the especially “respected” after he managed to “settle” a rather complex conflict between the Moscow region police, bandits and the cemetery mafia, which arose around the Southern Cemetery. According to the annals of gangster Petersburg, everyone was satisfied.
Sign of four
The trial was scandalous. Four were in the dock: Arthur Gudkov, Alexander Malysh, Andrey Chvanov And Mikhail Egorov. If it were not for the negligence of the St. Petersburg police, then perhaps the politician would be alive. Gudkov and Malysh came to the attention of Primorsky District Department of Internal Affairs officers by accident. The police came across a Gazelle with special equipment and weapons with a full set of gadgets for killers near a house on Vyazovaya Alley. The car was parked near the house where he lived then Vladimir Kumarin-Barsukov. Why Gudkov and Malysh were not taken under their white hands then, history is silent.
But after murders Novoselova, head of the St. Petersburg Central Internal Affairs Directorate General Victor Vlasovsubmitted his resignation to the Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Rushailo. The fact is that a week before murders deputy, he promised the interdepartmental commission that arrived with the inspection to restore order in the St. Petersburg police and correct all the shortcomings.
The perpetrators were caught quickly, because Gudkov was wounded and Novoselov’s guard shot at him. The killer survived thanks to the magical art of surgeons at the Military Medical Academy. According to rumors, the operatives promised to get any medicine and provide any assistance, as long as Gudkov survived and could testify.
The trial was scandalous. A cordon was set up around the building in two circles. Is it a joke? In the dock is a killer who was caught practically red-handed. The investigation even then stated that all four were members of a gang that specialized in contract killings. Ivan Sydoruk, the city prosecutor, personally supported the prosecution. It was known that they were only executors, and three of their accomplices were on the run.
As organizers murders Sydoruk then named Tarasov and another person “not from St. Petersburg, who is now wanted”. Kulibaba’s name was not heard. In the first days of the investigation, the criminal investigation department actually considered the version of the involvement of both Vladimir Kumarin and Konstantin Yakovlev in its organization. But this version quickly collapsed.
Don’t believe your eyes
The story of Kulibaba’s involvement in murder Novoselova caused surprise among the old police guard of St. Petersburg. We quote our sources: “Despite the fact that as part of the Novoselov case, Kostina’s bed was actually checked, Kulibaba was not seriously developed as a customer.”
Kulibaba and Co. could not have any “harsh business” with Novoselov at all. For “Everything was fine in Zaks. Denis Volchek was sitting there, and Kulibaba and his comrades were on errands. Go there, bring this and that.”
The new version, with the involvement of a famous crime boss, does not compete with the old ones. What is known about Gudkov and Malysh? If you look up old newspaper files, you can read that Gudkov and Malysh were members of the Sosnovy Bor criminal group, which, according to investigators, organized the crime. But there is a nuance. Head of the group Borya Tyumensky, was not involved in business at all and never had “interests in St. Petersburg.” And in general, he was completely out of his mind to get involved with the Tambov people, who, as we already know, were in great friendship with Novoselov.
The main version that was then circulating around the city was that the Sosnovy Bor people took an “order from the outside.” But another version that no one likes to remember now is the involvement of a fraternal organized crime group headed by Oleg Makovoz.
Today, as many media outlets suggest, the charges against Kulibaba will be based on the testimony of the convicted Gudkov. According to rumors, he was “removed” from Polar Owl and, most likely, the investigation will be ready to make a deal, promising to release him after the expiration of his 25-year sentence. His testimony is important. After all, in 1999 he refused to testify. It is unknown who else the investigation will manage to obtain as witnesses.
The Sledgehammer case lay on the shelf for 25 years. Novoselov’s case 24. Why was it necessary to accuse Kulibaba and right now? According to rumors it’s all about… politics. In May 2021, the People’s Union party appeared in Moldova, which set one of its tasks as “preserving the sovereignty, integrity and spiritual and moral foundations of the country.” One of the co-founders was the Federation of Trade Unions “Sindh” Sport“, whose president was Vladimir Kulibaba.
According to our insiders, such a development of events could actually take place. “Vovchik always had good garters in Moldova,” – our sources say, – “He is impudent, and with the help of the “pusher” he could try to influence something.”
Taking into account the current political situation, the intervention of a criminal authority in such sensitive areas as international policy, could not go unnoticed and unpunished. Kulibaba’s situational mistake made it possible to dust off an old criminal case. The new investigation will take into account the old errors, and the story with the jury will not be repeated. Two custom murders This is definitely a lifelong one.
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The leader of the St. Petersburg Districts faction, 52-year-old deputy Viktor Novoselov, was killed on October 20, 1999. His Volvo 940 was moving along the usual route from home to the Mariinsky Palace. Bodyguard Roman Avvakumov and deputy assistant Nadezhda Filippova were sitting behind.