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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]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
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}}<br />
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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.<br />
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Dyomochka was also interviewed in the 2010 documentary ''[[Thieves by Law]]''.<br />
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==''Spets'' TV show==<br />
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}}<br />
Over the course of the series ten members of his gang were arrested and one was murdered by rivals.<br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://www.americanmafia.com/Feature_Articles_296.html AmericanMafia.com article about ''Spets'' and Vitali]<br />
*[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]<br />
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1644577/ IMDB page for ''Thieves by Law'']<br />
*[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/aug/24/20040824-103659-1004r/ Russian mobster shoots TV show], ''[[The Washington Times]]''<br />
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