© Photograph: AlamySt Basil's cathedral in Red Square, Moscow. Police have raided a restaurant and arrested 23 people believed to be involved in organised crime.
Officers say suspects met at Moscow restaurant to plan strategy after murder of criminal godfather known as Grandpa Hassan.
Police have raided a restaurant near Moscow and arrested four suspected crime bosses and 19 others as they met to plan strategy after the killing of a criminal godfather known as Grandpa Hassan, according to the interior ministry.
Officers swooped on the Family Elite-Club restaurant in the town of Nikolina Gora after learning that suspects from Russia and Belarus would meet there to discuss issues of a criminal nature, the ministry said.
"During the secret meeting, held under the cover of a celebration of the birthday of a suspected senior criminal authority, the plan was to discuss next steps after the recent assassination of the head of the Aslan Usoyan clan," it added.