Russian Mafia
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talkpoliticsThere is one misterious phenomenon which I would like to clarify. This is the Russian Mafia.
All my life I lived in Russia, I am Russian, and I do know thousands russians of different generations, but I have never seen anything looking like Mafia that I saw in the Italian TV series La piovra. Mighty criminal organization with combat troops killing and racketeering the business and not being a government herewith.
I hear about the Russian mafia from all foreigners with whom I meet, I read about it in foreign newspapers, I see a program about it on television and in movies, but the most similar to the mafia in Russia that I saw were street gangs racketeering small shops in the early 90 's. Since then all of these people have either died or are engaged in activities which the society considers legal.
I would like to ask a respected community members to explain to me what is the Russian mafia, which everyone is afraid. Because maybe it's time to get scared for me as well!
All my life I lived in Russia, I am Russian, and I do know thousands russians of different generations, but I have never seen anything looking like Mafia that I saw in the Italian TV series La piovra. Mighty criminal organization with combat troops killing and racketeering the business and not being a government herewith.
I hear about the Russian mafia from all foreigners with whom I meet, I read about it in foreign newspapers, I see a program about it on television and in movies, but the most similar to the mafia in Russia that I saw were street gangs racketeering small shops in the early 90 's. Since then all of these people have either died or are engaged in activities which the society considers legal.
I would like to ask a respected community members to explain to me what is the Russian mafia, which everyone is afraid. Because maybe it's time to get scared for me as well!
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Date: 25/5/12 17:27 (UTC)Well there's your answer.
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Date: 25/5/12 18:37 (UTC)http://ffffound.com/image/55c1236f50e78ee56fed479181b1c8fa3df6b457?c=3618049
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Date: 26/5/12 16:48 (UTC)And why do you ask? Do you suspect that we, fair Russians, can have problems with the Russian Mafia myth?
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Date: 27/5/12 07:57 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 27/5/12 09:19 (UTC)The Russian mafia in the sense of God Father is a myth, but not russian criminals in general. But we can't fight it. The image of russians that was fostered by the media is too sinister. Russian in America can protest against the depicting of russian in movies as a cruel psychopath. That will eventually solve the problem of russian mafia.
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Date: 25/5/12 17:46 (UTC)http://mafiatoday.com/tag/government-structures/
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2) "Russian crime syndicates and military officers are supplying sophisticated weapons to Colombian rebels in return for huge shipments of cocaine, U.S. intelligence officials told MSNBC.com. ... In spite of widespread denials from Colombian officials throughout the summer of 2000, events in Peru later confirmed MSNBC.com's story, ultimately bringing down the government of Peruvian President Fujimori."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3340035/#.T7_EKtX9MrM
Pick a choice.
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Date: 25/5/12 17:51 (UTC)All my life I lived in Iceland, England and Switzerland (and briefly France). And I do know dozens of Arabs and Pakistanis of different generations, but I have never seen anything looking like Al Qaeda that I saw on the CNN reports in 2001.
I hear about Al Qaeda from all foreigners who I meet, I read about it in the foreign newspapers, I see programs about it on television and in movies, but the most similar thing to Al Qaeda that I saw in Switzerland were street protests against the minaret ban. Since then all of these people have either shut up or gone about their business which the society considers legal.
I would like you, respected Russian friend, to explain to me what is Al Qaeda that everyone is afraid of. Maybe you'd manage to get me scared as well?
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