Vitali Dyomochka

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'''Vitali Dyomochka''', also known as ''Bondar'', is a Russian mobster and crime boss in the [[Vladivostok]] area. He is notable for writing, directing, producing and starring in a short [[TV series]] called ''[[Spets]]'', which aimed to show viewers the reality of the [[Russian mafia|Russian underworld]].

==Biography==
Although Dyomochka was an A-grade student,{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} he was expelled from school and later college.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} As the Soviet era drew to a close, he started his criminal career collecting [[protection money]] from local clothing stores as capitalism started to take off.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

Vitali was convicted of several crimes including extortion and shooting a rival gangster, and after his release from prison in 1997 became the head of the [[Podstava]] criminal group.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} The gang specialized in [[blackmail]]ing money from passing drivers by setting up car accidents.

Dyomochka was also interviewed in the 2010 documentary ''[[Thieves by Law]]''.

==''Spets'' TV show==
Unsatisfied with the way organized crime was depicted in [[film]] and [[television]],{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} Vitali set about creating his own [[TV series]]. Largely financed by his own money, the seven-part series finished production in 2003 and became a huge success, getting close to 100% ratings on a local television station.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} The series drew a lot upon Vitali's own experiences, such as when a driver he had attempted to blackmail turned out to be a judge.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
Over the course of the series ten members of his gang were arrested and one was murdered by rivals.

==References==
*[http://www.americanmafia.com/Feature_Articles_296.html AmericanMafia.com article about ''Spets'' and Vitali]
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/1469963/Mobster-turns-from-gunning-down-rivals-to-shooting-TV-series.html ''Telegraph'' - Mobster turns from gunning down rivals to shooting TV series]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1644577/ IMDB page for ''Thieves by Law'']
*[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/aug/24/20040824-103659-1004r/ Russian mobster shoots TV show], ''[[The Washington Times]]''

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Kazakhskaya Pravda

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'''''Kazakhskaya Pravda''''' (Казахская Правда) is a semi-monthly [[Russian language|Russian-language]] newspaper printed in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]], with a print run of 5,000. {{asof|2004}}, the [[editor in chief]] was Aldan Aimbetov, a graduate of the Kazakh State University ([[Al-Farabi University]]). He has held that position since 1993.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13353166_ITM|title=Media advisory on Kazakhskaya Pravda|date=2004-09-14|accessdate=2009-03-31|periodical=BBC Monitoring International Reports | agency=Asia Africa Intelligence Wire}}</ref> The [[United States' Country Reports on Human Rights Practices]] describes their political position as "nationalist".<ref name="USHRP">{{citation|title=Kazakhstan Human Rights Practices|series=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices|publisher=Department of State|publication-place=United States|date=March 1996|url=http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_eur/Kazakhstan.html|accessdate=2009-07-31}}</ref> Pal Kolsto of the [[University of Oslo]]'s Institute of East European and Oriental Studies goes as far as to call them "extremist". They are unusual among Kazakh nationalist-oriented newspapers for publishing in Russian rather than the [[Kazakh language]].<ref>{{citation|doi=10.1080/09668139808412523|jstor=153405|title=Anticipating Demographic Superiority: Kazakh Thinking on Integration and Nation Building|first=Pal|last=Kolsto|journal=Europe-Asia Studies|volume=50|date=January 1998|pages=51–69|issue=1|publisher=Taylor & Francis, Ltd.|pmid=12348666}}</ref>

==Political conflicts==
''Kazakhskaya Pravda'' was shut down by the General Prosecutor's office in April 1995 under the charge of "inciting ethnic tension". By September, according to the Minister of Press and Mass Media, the paper was allowed to resume publication.<ref name="USHRP"/> In 2000, ''Kazakhskaya Pravda'' was again in court, bringing charges against Irina Savostina of the Pokoleniye political movement, over comments she made during a television interview on [[Kommerceskiyi Televizioniyi Kanal|KTK]] and which were also printed in the newspaper ''Soldat'', in which she accused Aimbetov of being connected to the [[National Security Committee of Kazakhstan]].<ref>{{citation|periodical=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=2000-03-04|accessdate=2009-08-01|title=Leader of Pokoleniye movement brought to trial|url=http://www.rferl.org/Content/Article/1343456.html}}</ref> An article in ''Kazakhskaya Pravda'' published in January 2004, "Kazakhs face a hidden threat", written by a non-staff writer of the paper, claimed that [[Uyghurs in Kazakhstan|Uyghur immigrants in Kazakhstan]] were separatists and terrorists; it drew severe criticism from the Society for Uyghur Culture of Kazakhstan as well as the Kazakh government, and ''Kazakhskaya Pravda'' eventually printed a retraction, pointing out that their paper had always shown strong support for the Uyghur "national liberation movement".<ref>{{citation|title=Newspaper slur angers Uighurs|periodical=Institute for War and Peace Reporting News|date=2004-01-25|page=30|url=http://ymyt.com/cgi-bin/ru/view.cgi?id=79&cat_id=2&print=1|accessdate=2009-08-01|first=Galima|last=Bukharbaeva}}</ref>

==Conflicts with other newspapers==
In 1998, an article in the newspaper ''Karavan'' accused Aimbetov of using his paper as a platform to publish [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] materials; ''Kazakhskaya Pravda'' filed suit against ''Karavan'' in response and won [[Kazakhstani tenge|₸]]260,000 in compensation.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.adilsoz.kz/old/edition/judicial_solutions/solutions98/09/page.htm|periodical=Judicial Solutions|issue=9|date=1998-11-03|title="Казахская правда", Аимбетов А. против газеты "Караван", Никанова О}}</ref> The April 2002 edition of ''Kazakhskaya Pravda'' featured in-depth content on another Kazakhstani newspaper ''Megapolis'', accusing them of defaming the country's honour; Megapolis responded in an editorial soon after entitled "With such a patriot, Kazakhs need no enemies" (С таким патриотом казахам и врагов не надо).<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.zonakz.net/articles/163|title=С таким патриотом казахам и врагов не надо|periodical=Megapolis|issue=14|date=2002-04-11|accessdate=2009-07-31}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Media of Kazakhstan]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.kazpravda.by.ru/ Website]

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