case against alleged Russian mob kingpin Gennadios Vasilievich Petrov collapse. Petrov, was arrested at his 20m euro mansion in Calvia (Mallorca) in June 2008 in the police ‘Operacion Troika’ accused of involvement in extortion, murder, tax evasion illicit association, falsification of documents and drugs trafficking, and was allegedly the boss of the feared Russian Tambovskaya-Malyshevskaya organised crime gang.Another 20 or so people were arrested in the across Spain, including the Costa del Sol, as part of Operacion Troika. Among them was Petrov’s alleged under-boss Alexander Malyshev, who was arrested at a luxury mansion in Malaga.On February 9 Petrov went to Madrid with his lawyers to give evidence to Garzon, Anti Corruption and organised crime Prosecutor Jose Grinda and Balerarics prosecutor Juan Carrau. According to El Mundo, the case being mounted against Petrov is related to him having allegedly corrupted a Russian General called Nikolai Nikolaevich Aulov, a prosecutor called Igor Sobolevski and the Russian minister Vladislav Reznik, who used to work for former President Putin.It is thought that a document later issued by Federal Security Service in Saint Petersburg (Russia) clearing Petrov from any suspicion of corruption and stating that he is not being investigated for anything may have played a part in the apparent collapse of the case.It now seems the massive case, will leave Petrov with charges of money laundering, if that.
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