The fate of the Kaunas mafia mobs suspected of murdering R. Daškevičius: counted millions, thanked A. Sabonis himself

On the night of August 12, 2019, a friendly duel took place at Žalgiris Arena between the Lithuanian and Serbian basketball teams.

Before the game, people who contributed to the Basketball House project were honored.

The ceremony honored the mayor of Kaunas, many renowned businessmen who supported the idea with money.

Robertas Užukauskas, the head of R&R consulting, was one of the businessmen who shook hands with the president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, Arvydas Sabonis, and recovered the jersey of his 1939 basketball team.

In the criminal world of Kaunas, R.Užukauskas is better known by the nickname of the ruble.

Prepared for a bloody revenge

In the last decade of the last millennium, the ruble, together with R.Dromantas, nicknamed Long, was associated with the Daškiniai group.

However, after R. Daškevičius was killed by a sniper as he left the restaurant in the center of the capital, the group members’ eyes turned to Ilgas with Ruble.

“I will not hide, it was thought that if Long and Ruble appeared at Remigijus’s funeral in Petrašiūnai cemetery, we will translate them immediately. It was decided to shoot both of them right in front of Remigijus’s other friends. Would I have done it? Today I can say with certainty. A special weapon was chosen for such a task, several people were prepared who were willing to cover me, “Dailius Dargis, a journalist for the Mafia Chronicle, quoted one of the members of the Daškiniai group in his book.

Not only the mafias but also the security forces thought that Long and the ruble could have contributed to the murder.

Officials considered that one of the main versions was that R. Daškevičius was assassinated due to disagreements with R. Romantas. The gang leaders allegedly did not share the huge money made from the clandestine trade in smuggled cigarettes in Kaliningrad.

However, prosecutors have not hesitated for nearly two decades to file the charges. However, on Wednesday after the court hearing, where the issue of R.Dromantas’ arrest was discussed, his lawyer Ignas Dargužas said that the murder allegations were quietly made on his client in 2010, but later dropped.

According to the lawyer, no new material has emerged since then, but complaints have been made again.

“We believe that there is a repeated prosecution, which is prohibited by law,” said the lawyer.

The attorney also raised another version of why the allegations were made at this time. This is due to a civil case in which R.Dromantas is fighting with another businessman for millions of sums.

It is not clear how reasonable this version is. 15 minutes Law enforcement sources have previously mentioned that prosecutors will not drop the R. Daškevičius murder case and will try to prove the suspects’ guilty in court as the statute of limitations approaches.

The fight for millions

The civil case mentioned by the lawyer is R.Dromantas’ claim to Arvydas Čėsna.

In March 2018, R.Dromantas filed an application with the court to demand 2 million LTL from A.Čėsna. euros.

The former business partners had entered into an agreement on the sale of shares in Kauno Stiklo.

A.Čėsna promised to sell the shares before May 20, 2018 for 45 thousand. euros. The contract provided for a clause that if the sale is not completed on time, A.Čėsna agrees to pay 2 million. a fine of EUR.

He himself tried to prove that such a point was wrong and that the contract was fictitious.

However, R.Dromantas scored one victory after another in this case. The Kaunas Regional Court awarded him 500 thousand. euros.

On July 14, the Court of Appeal, which heard the case, increased that amount almost three times to 1.45 million euros. euros.

This decision was appealed to the Supreme Court. According to lawyer Ignas Dargužas, this is the motive for the murder charges brought against R. Romantas.

“We believe that the process is closely related to a civil case in which R. Romantas is involved with his business partners. I believe that this process is an attempt to put pressure on the courts,” he said.

Enjoyed a luxurious life

Recently, before their arrest, R.Dromantas and R.Užukauskas lived luxurious lives.

The media reported that Long House was like a fortress with a high fence and armed protection.

Viktoras Grabauskas, the head of Aro, told the lrytas.lt portal that he had to thoroughly prepare for the assault on the house, and R.Dromantas did not open the door with the beautiful ones, he had to break them.

R.Užukauskas, the head of the R&R consultancy, whose income last year amounted to almost 300 thousand, also walked with protection everywhere. euros.

It was not possible to find exactly on the Internet what the company led by R.Užukauskas is doing. The Registry Center documents indicate that the company provides mediation, consulting, design and layout services.

They were tried but not convicted

The last time R.Dromantas and R.Užukauskas had dealings with the police was a decade ago, when an organized crime case had been pending in court for a long time, but officials were unable to prove or achieve that R.Dromantas and R.Užukauskas, considered one of the “spot” gang leaders, would be planted. Behind bars.

Members of the missing gang fell into the hands of law enforcement officers when they tried to pressure Linas Dzidolikas and Vladas Jovaišas from Kaunas, who were selling Polish food supplements. Kaunas residents suspected of organized crime were arrested on January 6, 2010.

It is claimed that Olimp supplement traders from Poland brought products for several thousand litas and had the ambition to soon become the official representatives of the Polish company in Lithuania.

According to the case, the man who called L. Dzidolikas and V. Jovaiša and introduced himself to Robert advised him not to enter the market and allegedly said that a businessman who had already tried to compete had been found poisoned.

According to the victims, R.Užukauskas made it clear that he was interested in the food supplement business and did not want competitors.

The men agreed to speak more seriously at the “Gan Bei” restaurant in Kaunas “Akropolis”.

The businessmen brought the Olympus digital voice recorder to the meeting and then handed over the recordings to the police. Soon the Ruble and Long were arrested.

For their part, L. Dzidolikas and V. Jovaiša indicated a profit of LTL 2.1 million as the amount of property potentially infringed; the entrepreneurs calculated that they would have earned at least the same in 5-7 years.

According to the defendants, there was no property extortion and the conversations with the food supplement sellers are just a discussion between two companies about how two companies distributing the same product will have to go out onto the Lithuanian market.

One of the most prominent personalities in the criminal world

15 minutes Remigijus Daškevičius, president of the Lithuanian Boxing Federation, leader of the Kaunas Daškiniai criminal group, nicknamed Daškė, fell almost two decades ago after the killer was shot.

He was shot with a single shot to the heart in 2001. on November 24, in Vilnius, Trakų street, just after leaving the “St.Valentino” restaurant.

The journalist Dailius Dargis writes in his book “The True Story of Doctors” that R. Daškevičius became famous in his youth for fights and robberies. When he returned from service in the Soviet Army, he assembled a group of former athletes. They are said not to smoke, drink, or use drugs.

The Daškiniai group in Kaunas competed fiercely with the criminals led by Henrikas Daktaras.

In the last decade of the last millennium, the furious Daškiniai was famous for his cruelty.

R. Daškevičius himself was first convicted in 1991, sentenced to seven years in prison for extortion, but escaped earlier and returned to Kaunas in 1994.

The group flourished when the 1996 H. Doctor was imprisoned, where he spent 5 years.

Then the “gloves” not only dedicated themselves to organized crime, theft, but also began to venture into legal and semi-legal businesses, smuggling cigarettes and alcohol, which brought them fabulous profits.

According to D. Dargis, R.Daškevičius sought to legalize himself in the last years of his life: he was elected president of the Lithuanian Boxing Federation and entered the international boxing organization.

D. Dargis writes that even before the murder, R. Daškevičius was subjected to two failed attempts. He was constantly protected by security guards, but not from a sniper shot.