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Brother of crime boss Sukhumsky shot dead in Tbilisi

2025-03-16

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Levan Jangveladze,

…sometimes transliterated as Dzhangveladze

the brother of the influential businessman Merab Sukhumsky and a friend of the leader of the Taganskaya organized crime group Igor Zhirnokleev, was shot dead in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia. This was reported by the Mtavari TV channel.

"Last night, Levan Jangveladze, the brother of the thief in law

… vor v zakone or made men of the Russian mafia. The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) describes the Thieves-In-Law as "a Eurasian crime syndicate that has been linked to a long list of illicit activity across the globe”…

Merab Jangveladze, was killed. He was shot several times at a pedestrian crossing on Chavchavadze Avenue. <…> As a result of the incident, one passerby, who was hit by a bullet "blindly", received minor injuries," the local TV channel reports.

As specified by the Telegram channel Shot, the killer waited for 60-year-old Dzhangveladze for some time near a restaurant on Chavchavadze Street and fired at least nine bullets, after which he fled the scene. According to preliminary data, the murder may be connected with a conflict between Dzhangveladze and another criminal authority Shakro Molodoy.

The shooter has not yet been detained, he is wanted. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs is investigating all the circumstances of the incident.

It is known that Levan Dzhangveladze participated in all the criminal affairs of his brother, Merab Sukhumsky. In particular, he was involved in running his legal business and owned three printing houses in Moscow. In the criminal world, his name was associated with the liquidation of Yaponchik and Ded.

The confrontation between Shakro Molodoy (Zakhariy Kalashov) and Merab has lasted for more than a decade. Once upon a time, thieves in law close to Merab crippled Kalashov's nephew, Dato Krasnodarsky. Since then, the conflict between their clans and the dispute over leadership in the criminal world sometimes subsides, sometimes flares up again.

As previously reported by the Regnum news agency, the Meshchansky Court of Moscow had previously arrested the nephew of the crime boss Kalashov under the article on attempted murder. In December 2024, Vitaly Kalashov stabbed one of two drunk men during a fight. He then fled the scene of the attack, and the victim was hospitalized.

Related from 2013: Georgian Crime Clan of Vors Busted in Europe

Posted by:badanov

#1 And this is my other brother Dzhangveladze.

vor v zakone
Like a union for public sector workers, but more overtly criminal.

Posted by: SteveS 2025-03-16 10:58

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