contract killings committed by members of the so-called Tambov criminal community

A number of contract killings
committed by members of the so-called Tambov criminal community have
been solved in St. Petersburg, a source in the city police told Interfax
on Saturday.
"Igor Kalinovsky, a native of the Gomel region [Belarus] and one of
the leaders of the criminal community, has been arrested. He and two of
his sidekicks have been charged with committing two contract killings,"
the source said.
The crimes were committed in 2000 and 2001 and were related to a
turf war in St. Petersburg, he said.
"In addition to contract killings, they have been charged with
killing one of their accomplices," the source said.
Two other accomplices in one of the killings were killed in a car
crash under unclear circumstances in 2004, he said.
Investigators are working to identify the organizers of the solved
crimes, he said.
Interfax could not immediately obtain official confirmation of the
information.