A.U.E.

AUE (or A.U.E.) is an informal, well hidden, and vaguely defined organization of Russian criminals, mainly consisting of children and teenagers, who are often indirectly ruled by adult criminals.[1]

AUE (Russian: АУЕ or А.У.Е.)
Symbol of the criminal movement
Founded2000
Named afterprof-convict's slogan and rule
Founding locationSiberia, Zabaykalsky Krai (TransBaykal region), other parts of Russia
Years active2011 - present
Territoryeducational and youth correction institutions, poor suburbs, poor villages
EthnicityPredominantly Russian and other Russian Federation nationalities
Membershipmainly underage youth 12-17 years old
Criminal activitiestheft, mobbing, robbery, racketeering, extortion, protection racket, drug trafficking, sex crimes
Rivalsnone

The acronym, transcribed from Russian: АУЕ or А.У.Е., comes from Арестантский уклад\устав един or Арестантское уркаганское единство, which can be translated into English as Convict’s/Prisoner’s Practice/(way of life, law)/Codex is Unified/Universal/Uniform, or Prisoner’s/Convict’s Urka/(career con)/Thug Unity/Solidarity.

The AUE story started in 1980 but surfaced only in the 2010s.[2]

Time line

In 2011, Police identified a gang that operated in the village of Priiskovy, Nerchinsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai Territory. The gang included nearly two dozen people, once they attacked a goods office. The raiders brutally beat the guard, but the alarm went off in the room and they had to escape. The watchman managed to identify one of the criminals, and the investigators calculated the remaining gang members. It turned out that it included teenagers and young men from prosperous families aged 15 to 22 years. Gang members imposed thieves' ideas at their school and in the elementary grades. According to the newspaper, in each class they had “watchers,” who collected tribute from classmates in the “common fund”. According to police, some of the funds from the “common fund” were transferred to gang members in a colony located on the territory of the village.

In 2013, in the city of Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai (Transbaykal region), mass riots broke out in professional/technical colleges (vocational colleges) number 6 and 14.[3] A hostage situation was reported.[4] Around 100 policemen took part in raids there; 30 youngsters (2 of them girls) were detained, and 1 million rubles worth of damage was reported.[5][6] Authorities had linked it with AUE influence.[7][8][9][10][11]

In the Republic of Buryatiya, in the village Maliy Kunaley, the local parade on the Victory Day (officially celebrated 9th of May in Russia) ended violently when the mass of people came close to the state foster house (local orphanage). Three boys from this foster house (two of them had prior criminal records, the other under current criminal investigation) started to throw stones at the policemen. Three police officers were injured.[12]

AUE criminal activity was uncovered in December 2016 in the state military Guard cadet corps in the town of Usolye-Sibirskoye, Irkutsk region. One cadet charged with racketeering escaped, and asked a teacher for help; they both went to the police but corps managers denied the whole story. The teacher was later fired.[13] The director of the corps, Igor Pimenov, was previously working as a prison director and employed 17 former convicts for work in the corps.[14]

Official reaction

The President Council for Civil Society Development and Human Rights has reported that AUE criminal organization took control of educational institutions in 18 regions of Russia: Republic Buryatia, Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Ulyanovsk, and Tver regions, Zabaykalsky and Stavropol Krai.[15][16][17]

References
  1. "'Putin's Children' – Life, Crime, Terror on the Edge of Russia".
  2. "Страна из трех букв".
  3. "Зачинщики беспорядков в ПУ № 14 в городе Чите предстанут перед судом".
  4. "Учащиеся ПУ №6, устроившие беспорядки в Чите, захватили воспитательницу". 7 February 2013.
  5. правды», Ольга КИРЬЯНОВА | Сайт «Комсомольской (7 February 2013). "В Чите задержано 30 учащихся ПУ№6, устроивших погром в общежитии".
  6. "Ущерб от беспорядков в общежитии профучилища в Чите - более 1 млн. рублей". vesti.ru.
  7. "Подросткам, устроившим массовые беспорядки в общежитии в Чите, грозит до 10 лет заключения".
  8. "Последствия беспорядков в общежитии ПУ №6". 7 February 2013.
  9. "Уголовное дело возбуждено по факту беспорядков в общежитии ПУ №6 Читы". 7 February 2013.
  10. "Арестованы четверо «активистов-дебоширов» из ПУ-6". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  11. "Один из зачинщиков беспорядков в общежитии ПУ №14 покончил с собой — следствие". 17 February 2014.
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-07-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. https://www.irk.kp.ru/daily/26614/3634898/
  14. "Усольский кадетский корпус: будущие офицеры живут по воровским законам".
  15. "Дети – код развития". xn--b1ampdbhl.xn--p1ai.
  16. правды», Игорь ЕМЕЛЬЯНОВ | Сайт «Комсомольской (15 July 2017). "Значение АУЕ: почему воровские понятия стали частью субкультуры подростков".
  17. "В СПЧ рассказали о молодежной группировке АУЕ, которая в 18 регионах РФ требует от детей сдавать "деньги на общак для зоны"".
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