Russian mafia boss, 55, gunned down by assassin wearing chemical warfare protection suit

A boss was dramatically down by a cold assassin wearing a chemical warfare protection suit. footage caught the moment Arsen Nadzharyan, 55, was ruthlessly wiped out in a tiny village near the town of Tuapse in the southern Krasnodar region of .

Chilling footage showed the killer running out from behind a and shooting the mob boss, nicknamed Krasnoyasnsky, at close range. The assassin was then seen on CCTV quickly running away from the scene, as pictures later caught how the coldblooded killer left Nadzharyan's body riddled with bullet holes in the unexpected fatal ambush.

The chilling video also saw a person, possibly a woman, left motionless in shock while watching the assassination close to a swimming .

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A desperate manhunt has been launched for the killer, whose head was covered by the suit when he shot the mafia boss to death. Nadzharyan reportedly controlled underworld operations in the sprawling Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia as well as Krasnodar, on the Black Sea.

The mafia don also ran a popular construction business. Local Russian media described Nadzharyan as "a figure of weight in the criminal environment". Local media added: "Among his connections were representatives of the Georgian thieves' school and criminal circles of Siberia."

The shooting comes amid evidence of an upsurge in mafia crime in Russia amid economic strains caused by ’s war against and resultant sanctions.

This week a grey cardinal of the Russian criminal , Levan Dzhangveladze, 60, was reportedly killed in Tbilisi, the capital of . In some sectors, Russian godfathers are closely associated with Putin’s law enforcement.

Last year Russia freed the country’s most senior mafia king , 72, real name Zakhary Kalashov, from jail early. He was released as a "thank you from Vladimir Putin". Molodoy, nicknamed "Gangland’s Putin" was known for signalling his approval for hardened convicts to fight for Putin against Ukraine.

The thug was detained back in 2016 after his £30 million Moscow mansion was raided by heavily armed FSB officers. At the time, it was said that this happened because Putin was concerned about Molodoy’s sway, including over the police and Interior Ministry.

Some see mafia violence as returning to the notorious 1990s levels in Russia. Contract killings reportedly doubled last year, suggesting the authorities are losing control.

Ukraine killed to fight for the dictator in his terror invasion. Mad Vlad agreed to pardon the criminal bosses - including brutal murderers - if they served six months on the frontline.

Only one of these criminal bosses survived those six months and another was last reported to be alive on the battlefield.