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Watch out for self-insert vandalism

For whatever reason, a specific individual by the name of Egor/Evgueny Zakharov (username Egorrzakharov) has been repeatedly inserting himself into the article, under the "2001-present" heading. Just be on the lookout for his edits - as far as I can tell, he has not sockpuppeted or removed any other content, just put himself in multiple times. Please remove it when it shows up, since he does not appear to be a Russian mafioso of any particular renown.

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Sergei Kobozev

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Allegedly murdered by Russian mafia. Xx236 (talk) 06:31, 24 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

anonymous

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I'm reading a lot of nonsense about ethnicities in the Russian mafia! 95% of the Russian mafia are Russians, Armenians and Georgians, the other 5% is so small that it is insignificant, all names, surnames and origin are from the Caucasian peoples, I also read that someone said that the Armenians are a different gang They are very wrong! The Armenians have several criminal organizations but their presence in the Russian mafia is gigantic! The "Armenian Power" as someone here mentioned is a different criminal organization in the United States, that is not the "Armenian mafia", The real Armenian mafia is the same as the Russian one, they are from the "Bratva" just like the Russians, you just have to see the number of "Vor" Armenians there are to know it, do not confuse and mix criminal organizations, the presence of Armenians and Georgians in the "Bratva" is much higher than that of Russians and other ethnicities, so please do not manipulate information! 83.50.250.183 (talk) 10:58, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

The Federal Drug Control Service has not existed in the Russian Federation for many years

Latest comment: 8 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

In the well-known bosses of the Russian mafia, it is written that he maintains contact with the Federal Drug Control Service, in fact it has not been there for many years, it has moved to the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I apologize for my poor English ~2026-33941 (talk) 15:48, 2 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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