"Mormon" Mafia of Orenburg and Sofievka

June 22nd, 2006

[in Russian] This article on organized crime mentions "the organized criminal group known in Orenburg as the Mormons". Continuing, the author explains that "the leader of the group and chieftan of the Cossack village of Sofievka, Ivan Ivanovich Zhabin by name... could perhaps win elections and legally organize the Mormon bandits as a legitimate Cossack band."