Uralmash gang

One was an internal conflict, between the more traditional criminals who obeyed the Thieves Code and the sportsmen, who dominated the organization and eventually came out on top.

Gravestones were often extremely elaborately designed and bore images of the buried, dressed in classical 1990s gangster fashion (tracksuit, leather jacket, etc.).

Dealers were beaten and brutalised, often publicly to send a message to others, while addicts were chained to radiators and forced to go cold turkey.

[3] However, as late as the 2000s, members of the Uralmash were still engaged in criminal activity and racketeering, and most businesses in Yekaterinburg had to pay them protection money.

[4] In 2015, Ex-the Deputy of the Ekaterinburg State Duma and internationally wanted crime boss of "OPS Uralmash" Alexander Kukovyakin, also known as "Kuka" was detained by Interpol in Dubai along with his elder son Konstantin.