A DNR Crime Boss and Founder of the Arbat Battalion Killed in Moscow Bombing

In this explosive episode of From Russia with Crime, we investigate the shocking assassination of Armen Sargsyan — known in the Donbas underworld as Arman from Horlivka — who was killed in a high-profile bombing inside one of Moscow’s most elite residential complexes, "Alye Parusa." Once a commander of the Arbat special forces battalion and president of the DNR Boxing Federation, Sargsyan had a long history of alleged war crimes, organized violence, and deep ties to prison networks. As investigators search for answers, we unpack the tangled web of motives: from cigarette smuggling wars to possible Ukrainian retaliation. Was it a business feud gone deadly — or a targeted killing by foreign agents? And how could a suicide bomber bypass top-level security in a fortress-like building?