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Alexander Sharapov was the leader of the Orekhovsko-Medvedkovskaya organized crime group, hiding since 2001 under a false name, was detained in 2017 in the Vladimir region and convicted in 2020 of five particularly serious crimes, including the murder of the killer Alexander Solonik and his girlfriend Svetlana Kotova in Greece in 1997.
Former foreman of the Orekhovsk-Medvedkovskaya organized crime group Alexander Sharapov, who was serving a 15-year sentence for a number of particularly serious crimes, died in the Northern Military District. Shot reports.
According to the source, 55-year-old Sharapov went on a combat mission in the Krasnoliman direction in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) as part of the 423rd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment "Yampol". He never returned from there.
Colleagues said that Sharapov, who bore the call sign “Grandfather,” was captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), but this information was not confirmed - his relatives received a certificate of his death. The body of the ex-brigadier Orekhovsky has not yet been sent home due to the fighting.
Sharapov is left with a common-law wife and six children. The woman intends to sue his mother for payments and an apartment, since the latter refuses to recognize her grandchildren and share her son’s property. Paternity has already been confirmed.
The former brigadier of the organized crime group had been hiding since 2001 under a false name, but 16 years later he was detained in the Vladimir region. In 2020, he was found guilty of five massacres committed between 1994 and 2001. Among the victims are the famous killer Alexander Solonik (Sasha Makedonsky) and his model girlfriend Svetlana Kotova. The massacre of them was organized in Greece in 1997.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The trial between Sharapov's common-law wife and mother will continue, and the woman has a chance to receive part of the payments and property
Likely · Within months
The body of Alexander Sharapov will be sent home after the intensity of hostilities in the area decreases
Possible · Within months

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