What became of Vyacheslav Ivankov, oraganised crime boss, deported from US back to Russia in 2004, and famous?

Question

for taking an oxyacetylene welding torch to the rectum of his victims...

Answer 1

He was tried on two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, but was acquitted (understandable, given that the alleged crimes took place in 1992). Prosecutors appealed all the way to the Russian Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court let the acquittal stand. Most likely (him being in late 60s and not in the best of health), he is living a quiet life in a large house behind a high fence somewhere in the Russian South (or the Caribbean, or Cyprus, possibly under an assumed name). Another possibility is, he is living a quiet life in a large house behind a high fence somewhere in Moscow's suburbs, which he sometimes leaves to mediate conflicts between various organized crime groups...