One of the most famous "authorities" of the Russian criminal world, who for several years has been suspected of involvement in perhaps the most high-profile murder in the 21st century (we are talking about reprisal against the patriarch of the post-Soviet mafia Aslan Usoyan - Grandfather Hassan), - Rovshan Lenkoransky, an Azerbaijani, was killed in Turkey, according to Istanbul newspapers. However, members of mafia groups were distrustful of this information, because shortly before that, he had already been “buried” once, and then “resurrected”. Of course, it is difficult to determine what really happened and whether it is true that Rovshan Lenkoransky was killed. Or is he still alive?
The story of one murder
This happened in the center of Istanbul, on Barbados Boulevard. In the night there was an automatic burst. A Range Rover stood alone in the middle of the street, and some masked men fired at it. The SUV had Azerbaijani numbers. After the shooting, he was like a sieve. The frontal part and the right passenger one were especially affected.
When the police arrived at the scene, the men sitting inside the car were breathing. One (after it turned out that this was Rovshan Dzhaniev himself) had a shot through his eyes, and the second, the driver, had multiple wounds, and he died an hour after the incident. Following him, the passenger died.
After identification, it turned out that this is the very famous and influential Rovshan Lenkoransky - “thief in law” - was killed. But by whom and by whose order? All this had to be figured out. The investigation was hindered by the fact that the documents found with him contained another surname - Aliyev.
Investigation
Police at the scene found an assault rifle, hundreds of cartridges and two pistols. The Turkish police, who found documents in the pocket of a jacket of one of the men in the name of Rovshan Aliyev, a businessman of Azerbaijani origin, had no reason to think otherwise. Nevertheless, the investigation continued. Soon there were rumors that the surname indicated in the passport was fictitious, and that the person with a shot eye was none other than the famous criminal authority Rovshan Dzhaniev (Lenkoransky).
His identity was established by his friends, as well as by the deputy of the Azerbaijani parliament, Fazair Agamaly. He said that as a result of a 2013 search of an apartment in Baku, Rovshan Dzhaniev, employees of the GUPBOP of the Republic of Azerbaijan found a forged passport in the name of R. Aliyev with a photo of a thief in law. Now that the identity of the murdered person has been established and there was no doubt about how Rovshan Lenkoransky was killed, the police need to find out the name of the customer.
Mistrust
The day after the murder in Moscow, a gathering of "thieves in law" took place. Naturally, they discussed the Istanbul incident. Many of the criminal authorities expressed doubt about the fact of the murder and death of Lenkoransky. After all, this is not the first time that he "died" and after some time rose again. Someone even put forward the version that he was able to survive in a shootout and he started a rumor about his death. It is no secret that after the murder of Grandfather Hassan, it is Dzhaniev who is considered the main customer of the murder. Naturally, he has been hunting for 3 years.
Assumptions
The most interesting thing in this case is that law enforcement officers do not want to connect these two murders with each other. According to their assumptions, the incident was provoked by disagreements that arose in the thieves' world after the arrest of a crime boss nicknamed “American” (aka Andrei Kochuykov).
In addition, they do not agree with the version of the imitation of death. After all, after Rovshan Lenkoransky was killed, and information about this was leaked to the media, his brother flew to Istanbul. But this can not be one hundred percent proof: the brothers always support each other and could agree.
Details of how Rovshan Lenkoransky was killed
Although this story is shrouded in mystery, there are some interesting facts. It turns out that a few hours before Rovshan Lenkoransky was killed, he met with other "thieves" in one of the chic Istanbul hotels. The investigation even knows their names: the Georgian authority Tsripa (Temuri Nemsitsveridze), Matevich (Roin Uglava) and Dato Churadze.
There is an assumption that Dzhaniev came to a gathering to strengthen his position in the thieves' world and take the place of Shakro Molodoy, a prisoner in Lefortovo a month earlier. Ravshan came to the gathering with three close associates, also Azerbaijanis, who are listed with him as “personal killers”.
After the meeting, he, along with his driver, some unknown person, who is said to be a classmate of Rovshan and a Turkish citizen, went to the Range Rover, and then unknown masked men blocked their way and started firing from a submachine gun Stechkin automatic pistol.
By the way, a security car followed them. However, she was a little behind and did not come under fire. An ambulance arriving at the scene delivered the wounded to the hospital. The driver died on the way, and his boss, while alive, but with a shot eye, was taken to resuscitation. A few hours later it was announced that Rovshan Dzhaniev (Lenkoransky) was killed.
August 18
During the investigation, several hypotheses were put forward. According to one, the incident could have been related to revenge, but not for the death of Grandfather Hassan, but for Alibaba Hamidov, who was killed exactly 3 years ago, on the same day. Moreover, it was assumed that the killer is Goji Bakinsky - one of the three killers of Lenkoransky.
Everyone knew that Rovshan and Alibaba were enemies. It is said that Hamidov was among those who were present in his “reconstruction”, and then disseminated this information to convicted circles in Baku.
