The Prosecutor General's Office has demanded the nationalization of the Chelyabinsk organized crime group's property.

The Prosecutor General's Office insists that the Makhoninsky group members adhere to criminal traditions and, therefore, enriched themselves, including through criminal means. Their assets include organizations worth a total of 2,5 billion rubles, as well as 109 properties and 12 cars. Prosecutors insist that this property be turned over to the state, and that the Makhoninsky group be declared extremist and banned.

The defendants in the lawsuit include 16 individuals, including brothers Alexander и Andrey Makhoniny, their relatives and friends, and seven companies. Another five individuals and seven companies are listed as interested parties.

The Makhonin organized crime group has been operating since the 1990s. Andrei was convicted in 1983 of hooliganism involving bodily harm, in 1985 of illegal trade in excisable goods, and in 1999 of abuse of power. Alexander was convicted in 1990 of attempted murder. Another defendant, Maxim Popov, who is named in the lawsuit as the brothers' bodyguard, was convicted in August 1993 for armed robbery.

Since its inception, the lawsuit states, the Makhoninskys have been engaged in “extortion, robbery, banditry, the violent redistribution of economic spheres of influence, and the intimidation of residents.” Chelyabinsk Region, their competitors, and opponents." In particular, according to the Prosecutor General's Office, the Makhonins seized control of a collective farm market in Chelyabinsk and an entertainment complex.

The day before, the FSB searched the Makhoninskys' facilities in Chelyabinsk.