The bandits began their existence a long time ago, back in the days of the knightly empire. It is generally accepted that Russian bandits are dangerous criminals who oppose the state and its administration, as well as against social society. Banditry - the organization of a group of people who are armed, their goal is to attack institutions, organizations, or certain individuals. This article will be devoted to one very famous bandit, and call him Ustinovich Mikhail Ivanovich.
Biography of Ustinovich Mikhail
Mikhail is a famous Moscow raider who made himself known in the difficult 90s. The objects of attack most often were shops, apartments and currency exchange points.
Ustinovich Mikhail Ivanovich was born on March 12, 1958, he was born in a colony, since his mother was in custody at that time. Michael lived in this colony up to 2 years. After that, he lived in a boarding school. During a fight between juvenile delinquents, Mikhail was hit hard on the head, as a result of which his vision fell. Due to the fact that he had poor eyesight, while serving his sentence in the colony he was nicknamed the "Bear blind." Ustinovich spent 22 years in his entire life. In his criminal activity there was robbery and theft.
The beginning of criminal crime Ustinovich Mikhail Ivanovich
Mikhail in 1992 left the colony in another country, where the fate of the cities depended on the heights of the criminal gangs, of course, this attracted Ustinovich, and he did not want to be on the sidelines. The first robbery attempts were in elevators, he robbed ordinary passers-by. Then he decided to create a gang, it included Nikolai Grysko, Armen Sargasyan and Artsrun Karyan. In '93, the gang carried out an armed attack on the Svet chain of stores, which were engaged in the sale of lighting equipment. The mining was more and more. During the month, five robberies were committed on this store, and the same one was two attacks. When there was a second raid, Michael threw a newspaper where it was written about the first raid. Mikhail Ustinovich’s gang had its own calling card; they shot at the ceiling with a TT pistol.
During the raids, the gang and Mikhail did not hide their faces, they, on the contrary, specially showed them so that people could see them. The investigators who investigated these cases initially took Ustinovich as another person. During the serving of the sentence in the 89th year, Mikhail met another prisoner, as it turned out, they were very similar in appearance. Therefore, Mikhail Ivanovich Ustinovich disguised himself as that prisoner and could easily commit crimes. Soon they switched to points where they exchanged currency, Mikhail during one of the robberies killed two people. The victims of the murder were the guards who tried to catch the bandits. At the time of the robbery, Mikhail lost his hat. Of course, it was processed, and the smell was preserved, in further investigations it helped a lot.
In 1993, an officer appeared in Moscow, robbing apartments and people, while no one suspected that Ustinovich was doing this. There were many victims, 2 times he even killed the owners.
Jail
Mikhail and Nikolai from his gang were caught while handing over the valuables that were stolen in the apartment to a pawnshop. Almost immediately, they confessed everything, and surrendered the rest of the accomplices. The hat that Ustinovich lost in the mall was identified, and this was strong evidence of Mikhail's guilt. Ustinovich and his gang committed 21 robberies, many robberies and 4 murders.
In 1996, Ustinovich Mikhail Ivanovich was sentenced by the Moscow City Court to the most severe punishment that existed at that time - the death penalty. After that, he was changed to life imprisonment. The members of his gang received different punishments: Grysko was sentenced to 14 years in prison, Sargsyan received 10 years, Karyan - 6 years.
Colony "White Swan"
Michael is currently serving his life sentence. The White Swan colony is a maximum security penal colony for life-long criminals. It is located in Russia, in the Perm Territory, and Michael is spending his days there. Once journalists came to Ustinovich in order to write an article about him, they asked him if he wanted to spend his life in prison, he replied that it was better to die than to live like that.
Culture and Ustinovich
A lot of documentaries with such names were shot about Mikhail Ustinovich:
- The documentary "Handwriting of the Blind" - directed by Vakhtang Mikeladze , cycle "Documentary Detective";
- The documentary film "The Bright Strip of Mikhail Ustinovich" - the cycle "Sentenced for Life" - directed by Vakhtang Mikeladze;
- The documentary "Born in Captivity", the cycle "Life Imprisoned", directed by Vakhtang Mikeladze.
Also in 1998, the program “Criminal Russia” was released about Mikhail Ustinovich, the series was called “Frantic Raider”. From these films, the viewer can learn a lot about Mikhail's life behind bars.