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Vitali Dyomochka

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Vitali Yevgenyevich Dyomochka (Russian: Вита́лий Евге́ньевич Дёмочка; born 5 December 1970), also known as Bondar, is a Russian director, writer, and actor. Dyomochka previously was head of an organised crime group in Ussuriysk, Primmorsky Krai; he subsequently dramatised his experiences in the TV series Spets.

Biography

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Although Dyomochka was an A-grade student, he was expelled from school and later college.[1] 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.[1]

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] The gang specialized in blackmailing money from passing drivers by setting up car accidents.

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

Spets TV show

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Unsatisfied with the way organized crime was depicted in film and television,[citation needed] 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] 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] Over the course of the series ten members of his gang were arrested and one was murdered by rivals.

References

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  1. ^ a b ""Спеца" в розыск никто не объявлял". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). 8 February 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

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