Organizations

The Solntsevskaya bratva, or Solntsevskaya brotherhood (Russian:Солнцевская братва), is one of if not the most powerful organized crime group operating in Moscow today.
Dolgoprudnenskaya is a Russian mafia organization and is considered one of the largest groups of organized crime operating in Moscow. It is named after Dolgoprudniy, which is a Moscow suburb. It was founded in 1988 and is allegedly very influential.[1]

The Izmailovskaya gang (Russian: Измайловская) is considered one of the country's most important and oldest Russian Mafia groups in Moscow and also has a presence in Tel Aviv, Paris, Toronto, Miami and New York City.[2] It was founded during the 1980s under the leadership of Oleg Ivanov and was recently estimated to consist of about 200 active members (according to other data of 300-500 people). In principle, the organization is divided into two separate bodies - Izmailovskaya and Gol'yanovskaya,[3] which utilize quasi-military ranks and strict internal discipline. It is involved extensively in murder-for-hire, extortions, and infiltration of legitimate businesses.[4]

The Tambov Gang of Saint Petersburg

The Obshina, or Chechen mafia, is a formidable organized crime group in the Russian underworld. According to experts, ethnic Chechen criminal gangs form the most dominant minority criminal group in Russia. It is believed some gangs may have ties to Chechen militant factions.