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Moscow - Aslan Usoyan, a notorious Russian criminal leader also known as Ded Khasan (Grandfather Khasan), deported from Ukraine, returned to Moscow late on Tuesday, a source with law enforcement agencies told Interfax.

"The criminal boss flew from Kyiv’s Boryspil Airport to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, officers of the criminal investigation department of the Russian Interior Ministry released him after a brief conversation," the source said.

The source recalled that Usoyan was detained at the Boryspil Airport at 11 p.m. local time on Monday. He used forged documents to come to Ukraine. A decision to deport him to Russia was made. "Grandfather Khasan flew to Kyiv to resolve a dispute with Armenian criminal gangs," the source said.

Interfax is awaiting official comments on the report.