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Sergei Mikhailov

Sergei Mikhailov is a Russian businessman, known by the nickname Mikhas, described as the leader of the Solntsevskaya Bratva crime group.

born 1958Leading the Solntsevskaya BratvaAcquittal in a Geneva trial

Born: 7 February 1958, Moscow
Occupation: businessperson
Education: Moscow State Academy of Public Utilities and Construction
Founded: Solntsevskaya Bratva (1988)

Sergei Mikhailov was born in 1958 in Moscow

Sergei Mikhailov was born in Moscow on February 7, 1958, and grew up in the Solntsevo area. He first worked as a waiter.

He was convicted of fraud in 1984. With Viktor Averin, he formed the Solntsevo group in the late 1980s. He has never been convicted on charges linked to organized crime.

At the end of 1995 he bought a villa in Borex, in the Swiss canton of Vaud, and received residence approval there in January 1996. On October 16, 1996, he was arrested at Geneva airport on charges of false documents and breaking a law on foreign property ownership. After 2 years in jail awaiting trial, a Geneva court acquitted him.

In 1999 he was listed as a candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia for the State Duma, but his registration was canceled because of his Greek citizenship. In 2001 and 2002 the Schengen states, the United States and other countries refused him entry visas. He is president of the company Central Tourist House.