Alexander Solonik

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Alexander Viktorovich Solonik (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ви́кторович Соло́ник; 16 October 1960 – 31 January 1997) was a Russian gangster, known for his reputation as a notorious hitman in the Russian criminal underworld. Also known as Sasha-Macedonian, Alexander the Great and Superkiller, Solonik was involved in Russian Mob activity for much of the 1990s until disappearing after his second escape from prison. Solonik was found dead in Athens, Greece, in 1997.

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Early life and education Alexander Viktorovich Solonik was born on 16 October 1960, in Kurgan, Soviet Union. As a child he showed great interest in freestyle wrestling and firearms. In his youth Sononik lived in the same neighbourhood as Andrei Kolegov, who would become one of the leaders of the Kurgan criminal organization. Solonik and Kolegov were friends, which was one of the factors why Alexander had joined the gang in the future. When finishing school, Solonik was conscripted into the Soviet Army and was assigned to a tank regiment, a part of the group of Soviet forces in Germany. After his conscription ended, Solonik served as a patrolman in MVD and eventually received training at the Gorkovskiy Institute. However, after six months he was expelled for discrediting the rank of police officer, and upon returning home, Solonik obtained a job as a gravedigger at the Kurgan cemetery. His colleagues at the cemetery were Andrei Kolegov, Oleg Nelubin and Vitaliy Ignatov, who in the near future will become the leaders of the Kurgan criminal organization. Soon after returning to Kurgan he married, and his wife gave birth to a daughter, but they eventually divorced. Solonik married another woman with whom…Citește mai mult

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Criminal career In prison Solonik was designated to solitary confinement because he served on active duty and had some police training, but later was transferred to serve his prison sentence among the other prisoners. When it became known to the other inmates that Solonik had worked for the police, he was marked for death. According to rumour, Solonik defended himself against as many as 12 inmates at a time, earning the respect of his fellow prisoners. After two years of imprisonment, he escaped again. Solonik went back home to Kurgan, joined the local criminal organization, and started work as a hitman. Solonik's first target, the leader of a rival organization, was murdered in 1990 in Tyumen. After this hit, Solonik went to Moscow with other members of the Kurgan organization to seek work. In 1992, Solonik assassinated Russian "thief in law" Viktor Nikiforov, and six months later he murdered another important Russian Mob boss. This time the victim was thief-in-law Valeri Dlugatsj, who was shot in a crowded nightclub even though he was surrounded by bodyguards. In 1994, Solonik eliminated Vladislav Vinner, Dlugatsj's replacement. It was reported that in 1994, Solonik tried to extort money from another Russian mobster, who…Citește mai mult

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Death On 31 January 1997 Russian hitman and ex-marine Alexander Pustovalov ("Sasha Soldat") strangled Alexander Solonik to death in Solonik's villa. In February 1997, Greek newspapers published articles that claimed a Russian Mob boss had been found dead 15 miles (24 km) from Athens. The body of the mobster was found and had no identification documents, though the authorities nevertheless identified the body as Alexander Solonik. In the weeks after Solonik's body was found, Greek authorities raided the villas belonging to Solonik's organization and found an arsenal of weapons. They also discovered that Solonik had been hired to carry out a hit in Italy before his death. Vladimir Tatarenkov (Russian: Владимир Татаренков), who said that an investigation of Anatoly Bykov needed Solonik as a witness, disputed this.