On July 1, 2008, the district attorney's office passed two criminal cases to the Moscow City Law Court, concerning the accusations against "the Ryno gang; and :the Ivan Kalinichenko gang;. Accused in the Ryno gang affair are Артур Рыно (Arthur Ryno) and Павел Скачевский (Pavel Skachevskiy), the organizers of the group, as well as seven of its members, including a minor adolescent.