The Solntsevskaya gang was founded in the late 1980s by Sergei Mikhailov, a former waiter who had served a prison time for fraud. Based in the Solntsevo District of Moscow, the gang recruited local unemployed, aggressive young men as foot soldiers and also made use of thief in law Dzhemal Khachidze to enhance their reputation amongst established criminals. The Solntsevo District was also strategically located near the M3 highway leading to Ukraine, the MKAD, Moscow's ring road, as well as the Vnukovo International Airport. Controlling these transport hubs allowed the Solntsevo group to muscle in on the car import business. But by the early 1990s, the Solntsevo's dominance was challenged by the Chechen mafia. Together with the Orekhovskaya gang and other Slavic mobs, the Solntsevo made an alliance to drive the Chechens out. The gang war claimed many casualties, such as a gun battle at the Kazakhstan Cinema where six Chechens and four Russians were killed. After the Soviet Union collapsed, the gang utilized the chaos to empower themselves by establishing relationships with politicians. They were now able to influence the Russian state for their own benefit. They also bought several legitimate businesses to launder their money including banks, casinos, and even the Vnukovo airport.
The gang was at one point linked to criminal mastermind Semion Mogilevich, through whom they laundered money. But a 1995 party at a Prague hotel, attended by Mikhailov as well as Uzbek drug trafficker Gafur Rakhimov, was raided by Czech police who received information that they were planning to kill Mogilevich there following a dispute. Mogilevich himself was nowhere to be found, having received advance information about both groups' intentions.
By the end of the 1990s, the Solntsevskaya gang started moving into the banking sector, a move which enabled them to launder their money as well as get closer to the oligarchs.
In the 1990s, the Solntsevskaya dispatched Vyacheslav Ivankov to Brighton Beach, New York City, and Boris Makarov and Vladimir Zhilkovo to Atlanta, Georgia, to take control of the Russian mob activities there. The FBI was alerted to Ivankov's presence, however, and after a long investigation he was arrested and convicted of extortion, becoming the first thief-in-law to be convicted in the United States. While Ivankov was not as successful, his counterparts Makarov and Zhilkovo have been controlling Russian organized crime in Atlanta for over 20 years with the help of the table that they have established when seeing it in action by the Italians, but due to FBI they have been recently forced to escape to Los Santos, California. They brought an army of killers to back them up and are looking for new recruits while starting to settle themselves in the city, mostly eying Vinewood.
Pakhkan - Oversees and controls all operations of the organization.
Sovietnik - Pakhan's right hand
Two Spies - Personal security guards for the Pakhkan.
Derzhatel Obshchaka (The Bookkeepers) - Responsible for collecting money from the brigadier and delivering it to the Pakhkan and Sovietnik, who then distribute it among the gang members. They are also tasked with ensuring that police officers remain on the payroll.
Brigadier - Holds command over the lower-ranking members and is responsible for ensuring that they generate profits for both themselves and the mafia.
Bratok - Assigned to manage small jobs within the mafia, exercising control over the shestyorka's (lower-level enforcers).
Shestyorka - The muscle of the mafia, carrying out enforcement and violent tasks.
Associate - Individuals connected to the mob but have not formally pledged loyalty to the Bratva.
Auxiliary Positions:
Boyevik: The Chief Recruiter, responsible for bringing in new members to the organization.
Torpedo: The Marksman, skilled in precision shooting and long-range weaponry.
1. The crime family is your new family. Distance yourself from your real family.
2. Do not have a family of your own. No wives or children allowed. Girlfriends are okay.
3. Have another source of income, a real job.
4. Help other members with support, but material and otherwise.
5. Never reveal anything about your cohorts and associates.
6. If necessary, take the rap for a fellow thief.
7. Hold meetings to settle disputes.
8. Freely participate in these meetings.
9. Punish the guilty parties as determined at these meetings.
10. Do not flinch from performing these unpleasant duties even though the convicted party may be a friend.
11. Learn the "Fehnay" or Russian Mafia Slang
12. Never get in over your head with gambling debts.
13. Coach and mentor younger hoodlums-in-training
14. Always maintain a network of informants among the lower echelon of criminals
15. Be able to handle your liquor
16. Do not mingle with the police in social situations or join any social or community clubs.
17. Avoid military service, stay out of the draft
18. Always keep your work to another member of the Russian Mafia
19. People who can't be part of Bratva: anyone who has a close relative in the police, anyone with a two-timing relative in the family, anyone who behaves badly and doesn’t hold to moral values.
Bratva members drive in luxury cars, mostly german. They drive in brands such as Benefactor, Pfister, Obey, Übermacht, Enus
Here are some examples:
Serrano
Tailgater
Oracle
Oracle XS
Schafter / Schafter LWB
Dubsta
Schafter V12
Tailgater S
Astron
Chyper
Super diamond
Windsor
The Bratva handgun of choice is the pistol .50, or a Heavy Revolver
Staying true to their roots when better firepower is needed members use versions of the AK-47 such as the assault rifle and the compact rifle. For close quarters they also use shotguns and SMGs. When it comes to intimidation the preferred melee weapon is a baseball bat or a knuckle duster.
Short term goals
Establish a base of operations somewhere in Winewood. Most likely a bar or a nightclub.
Establish a good relation with at least one of the official gangs.
Recruit new people.
Long term goals
Have control over the north of Los Santos, mainly Winewood and maintain a good business relation with as many gangs as viable.
Gain and maintain a professional reputation among civilians and other gangs.
Get high ranking Cops on our payroll, either through blackmail or bribes
More coming soon!