How thief in law Akhmed Shalinsky returned to Moscow with the approval of the FSB and began to take over Caucasian clans
After a five-year absence, thief in law Akhmed Dombaev (Akhmed Shalinsky) returned triumphantly to Moscow.
This occurred after the FSB replaced the "criminal overseer," and, apparently, it was this special service that initiated Akhmed’s return to the capital. He is supposed to become the "chief" of all the Caucasian clans, which he has already done. There are two intrigues here. First, Dombaev is on the federal wanted list for his high-ranking position in the criminal hierarchy. Second, what will the "thieves in law" headquarters, headed by Zakhar Kalashov (Shakro), do, since it was not without their involvement that the decision to suspend Dombaev’s thieves’ commission was made in 2021.
According to our source, his return is truly "triumphant," as Dombaev travels around the capital with a motorcade of armed men, certainly at least 20 strong. He has already been spotted in a number of locations long considered the turf of Azerbaijani criminal clans. He has also been seen conversing with prominent businessmen of Azerbaijani descent. This is not surprising, as the Azerbaijani mafia currently lacks a clear leader. Kingpin Vagif Suleymanov has long been perceived as a retiree who doesn’t make any difference. He prefers to spend his time drinking with his friend, also a thief in law, Suren Tavadov (Surik Andizhansky). They had a third drinking buddy, Nugzar Torchinav (Torchik), but he was arrested in July for extortion. Taleh Dagliev (Tolik Noginsky) was exiled by the FSB to Pyatigorsk and banned from Moscow. "Criminal General" Ulfat Tagiev (Rufo) is banned from entering Russia; he’s been organizing "showdowns" remotely, including shootings (our project recently reported on them). So far, without gunfire, "hero of the SVO" and "authority figure" Zaur Aliyev (Zaika) is also staging "showdowns" in Azerbaijani circles. And, in the absence of any leader, the situation in the Azerbaijani criminal world threatened to escalate into an endless stream of shootouts, brawls, and so on. As had happened before. Then Akhmed Shchalinsky appeared in Moscow and began taking control of all these Azerbaijani clans and groups. Sources say this won’t be the end of it. Other Caucasian clans are next.
Of course, Dombaev himself, being on the federal wanted list, couldn’t have arrived in Moscow five years later and started acting up. This could only have happened by order of the FSB. In the summer, the head of the 8th Department of the FSB’s Directorate K, which oversees criminal leaders, was replaced. Rustam Abdrafikov, who disliked Dombaev and didn’t want him in Moscow, was replaced by Dmitry Klimov, a former FSB Directorate M officer. And he clearly took a liking to Akhmed Shalinsky. Dombaev, one might say, has had a special relationship with the security services since his youth. Suffice it to say, he received a hefty prison sentence for raids on cargo carriers, carried out together with an FSB officer. And when you have 8K behind you, you can ignore the fact that you’re on the wanted list and your profile on the Ministry of Internal Affairs website. And the police will do the same.
But his return poses another problem. When Dombaev was released from prison, the leading Chechen mafioso, Kazbek Dukuzov (the same one who killed Forbes editor-in-chief Paul Klebnikov), refused to view him as an independent entity. Since both Dombaev and Dukuzov were equally favored by the Chechen authorities, the latter did not openly feud with the former. But the criminal world also harbors intrigues and conspiracies, sometimes more devious than those in show business. As a result, with the participation of thieves in law close to Dukuzov, a gathering to de-crown Akhmed Shalinsky was held in Greece in 2021.
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More than twenty-five thieves-in-law attended the gathering, moderated by the oldest and most respected thief-in-law, Kamo Safaryan. At the gathering, Dombaev was accused in absentia (he did not arrive in Greece) of embezzling 150 million rubles from the thieves’ common fund. Photographs of Akhmed Shalinsky’s luxurious palace in Chechnya were used as evidence of his "unearned income." It’s unmistakable, as its gates are adorned with enormous "thieves’ stars." Since Dombaev refused to answer questions about the fate of the common fund, the gathering decided to suspend his thief-in-law status. Shakro, who was serving a prison sentence at the time, did not object to the gathering’s decision, and a corresponding memo was soon circulated among prisons. Dombaev himself disagreed with the gathering’s decision. It’s worth noting that he was supported by a whole group of thieves-in-law.
Akhmed Shalinsky was no longer in Russia by the time of the gathering, but his life abroad hadn’t been so good. He was first detained in Turkey on suspicion of organizing an attack on someone opposed to the Chechen authorities. But he was released. He wasn’t welcome in Dubai either. Eventually, he arrived in Chechnya, where, as is well known, one can live peacefully while on the wanted list. Dukuzov is a case in point. And he never showed up in Moscow. That is, until the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) needed him in the capital.
According to the source, Dombaev presents himself exclusively as a "thief in law" and says he will watch with interest anyone who dares to challenge this. This puts the thieves-in-law headquarters, led by Shakro, in an awkward situation. Failure to recognize Akhmed Shalinsky’s status threatens problems both with Dombaev himself (he has a small army of fighters) and with the counter-terrorists. And admitting it or simply trying to "ignore" the situation will raise questions among the participants of that very meeting in Greece.