The jury has recognized the evidence gathered by Moscow Main Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee sufficient to convict Sergei Balikhin, Viktor Yakubiv, Marat Yusupov and Yuri Kozlov accused of a series of robberies and murders in the territory of Moscow and the Moscow region. Depending on the role of each, they are accused of committing crimes under Article 209 of the RF Criminal Code (robbery), Subsections "a, g, h" of Part 2 of Article 105 of the RF Criminal Code (murder), Part 4 of Article 162 of the RF Criminal Code (robbery), Part 3 of Article 222 of the RF Criminal Code (illegal trafficking in firearms).
The court and investigators have found that the gang was created in 2009 by a resident of the city of Moscow Sergei Balikhin to attack citizens and seize their property. He gave a detailed confession of crimes and denounced his accomplices. During the search at the summer residence of one of the accomplices in October 2012, three grenades, two sawn-off shotguns, five pistols, including the one used in two murders, were seized. The involvement of gang members in the murder of nine people has been established. March 7, 2009, the accused committed a robbery at the apartment at the Zarevy Proyezd in Moscow, during which three people, including a minor, were brutally killed. November 26, 2010, a small shop clerk was murdered at the Linii Oktyabrskoy Zheleznoy Dorogy Street. March 18, 2011, a pawn shop at the Bryanskaya Street in Moscow was attacked, and three its employees were killed. December 29, 2011, a jewelry store "Svadebny" at the Butyrskaya Street in Moscow was robbed, and the store manager was murdered. In addition, the accomplices killed a pensioner on February 20, 2012 in Domodedovo, Moscow Region.
During a search in October 2012 in a holiday house of one of the accomplices the investigators confiscated three grenades, two sawn-off guns, five pistols, including one that was used for murders.
Based on the verdict of the jury the court will pass its decision.
Head of Media Relations V.I. Markin
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