A military court in Moscow on June 10 sentenced the former owner of the Saturn soccer club, Oleg Medvedev, to life in prison on charges of murder, banditry, and the organization of a criminal group. Medvedev is a kingpin, a person who holds the highest position in the criminal hierarchy in the former Soviet Union: thief-in-law. He is known in criminal circles as Shishkan or Oleg Ramensky. Three of his 17 co-defendants were also sentenced to life in prison, while others were handed various prison terms, including suspended ones. Medvedev's group was found guilty of killing a municipal lawmaker in the city of Ramesnakoye near Moscow, Tatyana Sidorova, and three members of her family in 2012. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Russian Service, click here.
