THE FAMILY THAT PLAYED TOGETHER

The game was murders and robberies

Referring to this cold blooded murderess as Russia’s Ma Barker is an insult to the real Ma Barker.

RUSSIA’S MA BARKER AND HER FAMILY OF MIDDLE CLASS MURDERERS: RUSSIAN NURSERY TEACHER, HER DENTIST HUSBAND AND THEIR DAUGHTERS ‘KILLED AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN’
Two teenage girls had their eyes gouged out in horrific torture routine and six policemen were among murder victims of six-year-crime spree

By Will Stewart

Mail Online
September 17, 2013

A family in Russia was behind a reign of terror including at least 30 murders and countless robberies, say police.

Former nursery teacher Inessa Tarverdiyeva, 46, and her second husband Roman Podkopaev, 35, a qualified dentist, were involved in the spate of ruthless serial killings.

So was her daughter from her first marriage Viktoria Tarverdiyeva, 25. Even her 13 year old daughter Anastasiya 'actively took part in all crimes', say police in the Rostov region.

Podkopaev died in a shootout with police when the middle class gang were finally arrested, and Viktoria was seriously wounded.

Six policemen were among their murder victims in a family crime spree which began in earnest six years ago though some offences go back to 1998.

They saw their murders and robbery like 'going to the office for a day's work', said Inessa who also confessed to hating police: "I am a gangster by nature.'

Killing was a 'means of earning money', she said, before demonstrating to police how she used a gun to kill her victims.

Police said she looked 'like an ordinary housewife'.

In one 2009 murder, the gang slayed paratrooper Dmitry Chudakov, his wife Irina and son Sasha, 7, with a Saiga .410 semi-automatic before daughter Veronika, 11, was knifed 37 times.

They overpowered the family in their car at a lay-by, stealing a laptop, hair dryer and a camera, all worth £950.

'It was not me who killed the children. My husband shot them," claimed Inessa, who confessed to gunning adults to death.

One another occasion they cruelly tortured and killed two girls teenagers, gouging out their eyes.

Also arrested as part of the family crime gang were Podkopaev's sister, also called Anastasiya, aged 26, and her husband Sergei Sinelnik, 31, a former traffic policeman.

They are suspected of aiding and abetting the crime family which used camping trips - which seemed like family holidays - as a pretext for their murderous activities.

Detectives believe they had inside knowledge of police operations and a handwritten diary contains details of officers' movements.

They were shocked at their viciousness especially to children.

Searches of their homes revealed an 'arsenal' of 20 firearms, including automatic rifles, grenades, shotguns, silencers and ammunition, as well as items stolen from their victims, said Vladimir Markin, spokesman for the Russian Investigation Committee, equivalent of the FBI.

The family had a comfortable home in Stavropol region but travelled to the neighbouring Rostov region to commit their crimes.

A police patrol stopped Podkopaev and Viktoria soon after their final robbery. Patrolman Ivan Shakhovoi was shot dead and policeman Aleksey Lagoda wounded before the head of the crime family was shot dead.

Inessa and her younger daughter were seized by police at a camp site where they were guarding a huge haul of weapons.