Solntsevskaya Bratva (Earth-4528)

## Solntsevskaya Bratva

	+ Anatoly Knyazev (Pakhan; former captain at Krasnoyarsk; left the organization)
	+ Oleg (deceased)

### Base

* Moscow; Russia (based)
* Krasnoyarsk; Russia (branch)
* Star City; Washington (branch)

### Allies

* **Current Allies**
	+ **Team Arrow**
		- Barry Queen/Green Arrow
		- Oliver Queen/Blue Marksman
		- John Diggle/Spartan
		- Felicity Smoak/Overwatch
		- Curtis Holt/Mr. Terrific
		- Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog
		- Rory Regan/Ragman
		- Dinah Drake/Black Canary
		- Mia Queen/Blackstar
		- Henry Clayton
		- Connor Hawke
* **Former Allies**
	+ **Helix**
		- Cayden James (leader; deceased)
		- Sheck (deceased)
	+ Vincent Sobel/Vigilante (revealed to be an enemy; deceased)
	+ **Ricardo Diaz's criminal organization**
		- Ricardo Diaz/Dragon
		- Laurel Lance/Black Siren

### Enemies

* **Former Enemies**
	+ **Team Arrow**
	+ Slade Wilson/Deathstroke
	+ J.G. Walker (incarcerated in military prison)
	+ Ricardo Diaz/Dragon (deceased)

## Chapters

### Last Chapter

*TBA*

> If you are hungry, brothers will feed you. If you are hurt, brothers bring ten times pain to men responsible. If one brother succeeds, all brothers rich. If one brother fails, all brothers suffer. Your brothers would kill for you, would die for you. As you would kill and die for them."
>
> —Anatoly Knyazev to Barry Queen

The **Solntsevskaya Bratva** (Russian: Солнцевская братва), simply known as the **Bratva**, is a powerful Russian Mafia organization. Barry Queen was one of the highest-ranking members; due to the fact that he saved Anatoly Knyazev, one of the captains of the Bratva, from Anthony Ivo during his time on Lian Yu.

Anatoly later introduced Barry to the Bratva Pakhan (godfather) Ishmael Gregor who sent him on a mission against Konstantin Kovar's criminal organization. The resulting events brought Anatoly to the status of leadership in the Bratva, with him becoming the new Pakhan.

## Overview

The initiation included 3 steps that one must pass, after surviving a violent beating from the other members;

1. Fight Bratva members and be the first to ring a bell placed behind them. The purpose of this test is to test your intellect and to see if you can create a strategy to pass the obstacles. Those who fail to ring the bell are killed.
2. Trust your comrades with a knife while they cut your back. The meaning of this test is to trust that your brothers will not kill you.
3. You must perform a hit successfully. The meaning of this test is to do as you are told. Bratva members will be able to trust you if the results of the hit are good.

Barry passed the test and gain a few new scars along the way. During the ceremony, Barry had to proclaim his loyalty by stating "I have no home, no family, no name, I'm Bratva".

* **Pakhan:** Pakhan is a title held by the leader of the Solntsevskaya Bratva.

The group was shown to operate, within itself, on the basis of immediate reciprocal favors, although how the value of these is judged has not been revealed; for example, to get a meeting with The Count through Alexi Leonov, Barry was asked to kill a disobedient underling of Leonov. Anatoly Knyazev, in Moscow, seemed to act primarily out of friendship for Barry, rather than according to this code, although he did expect Barry to provide his own finance.

## History

> Bratva only know their brothers. Do you know what I mean by this?"
> "I have no family, I have no home, I have no name. Ya Bratva."
>
> -Anatoly Knyazev and Barry Queen

In 1986, a high-ranking Bratva member, Yuri the Bear, was approached by Rip Hunter and Leonard Snart. They needed his help to break their friends out from Koshmar prison. At first, Yuri refused to help them, even though he didn't like Vandal Savage, claiming the man didn't respect the criminal traditions of his country. Sara Lance was able to change his mind and Yuri provided the team with information on how to break into the prison using Bratva's black market access to Koshmar.

In his last year before returning home Barry Queen met Anatoly Knyazev while he was in Russia, trying to kill Konstantin Kovar. Anatoly told him that the only way to get Kovar was with the help of the Bratva. So Barry decided to go through the initiation to become a member and use Bratva resources.

After saving Anatoly from Kovar in his casino, he was, in reward, appointed to the rank of captain and marked with the Bratva symbol.
Upon returning to Starling City, Barry occasionally used his Bratva contacts, primarily with Alexi Leonov, to aid in his crusade, often doing a favor in return. Such situations included tracking Deadshot, discovering the hidden player in Justin Whicker's sex trafficking ring, searching for Walter Steele, and setting up a meeting with The Count.

Due to Barry's fallout with Alexi, he didn't expect to still be a member, when he made his way to Russia to track ex-general J.G. Walker, Barry received an unwelcome greeting from Anatoly, although he initially refused to return to the Bratva, he agreed to help one final time in order to gain assistance from the Bratva. However, Anatoly later reminded Barry that he swore an oath, making him a member of the Bratva for life whether or not he liked it.

After Anatoly betrayed Ricardo Diaz, the crime lord wiped out Bratva's entire Moscow branch, leaving Anatoly as its sole member.

After Anatoly returned to Russia, he decided to leave the Bratva and reinvent himself as a bar owner.