The video depicting the attack on the Russian crime boss Aslan Usoyan, nicknamed Ded Hassan, emerged on internet today. The crime boss was shot by a sniper; however, he survived and was operated on urgently at one of Moscow`s hospitals. His bodyguard has been also wounded. The media reported first that Ded Hassan was killed, but later, doctors said he had survived.
Aslan Usoyan is one of the most powerful crime bosses on the territory of the former USSR. The investigation presumes the attack was directly tied with the murder of another crime boss, Vyacheslav Ivankov, nicknamed Yaponchik a few months ago.
Russian militia defines that both crime bosses had a clash with another clan of criminals led by a Georgian crime boss Tariel Oniani. Militia says Ded Hassan had taken oath to revenge for the murder of Yaponchik and his words were soon followed with assassinations of Oniani`s allies in Spain and France.