A notorious Russian mafia boss has been buried in a heavily-guarded ceremony in Moscow, after a plane carrying his remains was reportedly refused entry to Georgia. Aslan Usoyan, known in the Russian ...

MOSCOWMOSCOW — The contract-style killing of Russian mobster Aslan Usoyan, also known as Grandpa Khasan, on Wednesday drew renewed attention to the extensive and elaborate culture of the country’s ...

MOSCOW One of Russia's top crime lords was gunned down Wednesday in Moscow in what police described as a war between two powerful mobs over lucrative construction projects, allegedly including ones ...

A sniper fired seven shots at Aslan Usoyan, 75, near a restaurant, the third attack on him since the late 1990s. Usoyan, also known as Grandpa Khasan, was an ethnic Kurd who was born in Georgia.

MOSCOW -- One of Russia's top crime lords was gunned down Wednesday in Moscow in what police described as a war between two powerful mobs over lucrative construction projects, allegedly including ones ...

Aslan Usoyan, 75, known by his nickname of "Grandpa Hassan", was killed by a shot from a sniper's rifle as he was exiting the Karetny Dvor restaurant, about 1.5km from the Kremlin. Some observers ...

One of Russia’s most notorious reputed mobsters was gunned down in the middle of Moscow on Wednesday in what appears to be a contract killing, police said. Aslan Usoyan, 75, better known as “Ded Hasan ...

It was the third assassination attempt on Aslan Usoyan since 1998 Shell casings were found in a stairwell opposite the scene of the killing Usoyan was reportedly named top crime boss in October Aslan ...