### [2013-01-16](/feed/2013/01/16/index.md)

##### Organized crime from Russia
# Russian mafia boss Aslan Usoyan is killed in Moscow. 




### Sources:

1. [RIA Novosti](http://en.ria.ru/crime/20130116/178820434/Mafia_Boss_Gunned_Down_in_Moscow.html)
2. [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russian-crime-boss-gunned-down/2013/01/16/5b8663ac-600b-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html)

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