Russian Mafia In real Life (IRL)

Victor Ven 6 Mar - 15:45

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The Russian Mafia (Русская мафия, Russkaya Mafiya), Red Mob (Красная мафия, Krasnaya Mafiya) or Bratva (Братва; slang for "brotherhood", which applies to all gangs, including rivals) — often transliterated as Mafya or Mafiya — are names designating a diverse group of organized crime syndicates originating in the former Soviet Union (Russia and the CIS). Since the 1991 fall of the USSR, these groups have amassed considerable worldwide power and influence

History:

Organized crime existed in Russia since the days of the Tsars and Imperial Russia in the form of banditry and thievery, known as Vory v zakone or "thieves in law". This class of criminal had to abide by certain rules in the prison system. One such rule was cooperation with the authorities of any kind was forbidden. During World War II some prisoners made a deal with the government to enlist in the armed forces in return for a reduced sentence, but upon their return to prison they were attacked and killed by inmates who remained loyal to the rules of the thieves.

During the Leonid Brezhnev era when the Soviet economy took a downhill turn, the Vory would take control of the black market with the help of corrupt officials, supplying products such as electronics which were hard to reach for the ordinary Soviet citizen.

The real breakthrough for criminal organizations occurred during the economic disaster and mass emigration of the 1990s that followed the fall of the Soviet Union. Desperate for money, many former government workers turned to crime, others joined the Soviet citizens who moved overseas, and the Mafia became a natural extension of this trend. Former KGB agents, sportsmen and veterans of the Afghan and Chechen Wars, now finding themselves out-of-work but with experience in areas which could prove useful in crime, joined the increasing crime wave. Widespread corruption, poverty and distrust of authorities only contributed to the rise of organized crime. Contract killings reached an all-time high with many gangland murders taking place, a substantial number remaining unsolved. The new criminal class of Russia took on a more Westernized and businesslike approach to organized crime as the more code-of-honor based Vory faded into extinction.

The former Soviet Bloc's opening up to the world and the internationalization of its economy also gave the Russian mafia connections to other criminal organizations around the world such as the Chinese Triads or the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. Connections with Latin American drug cartels allowed the Russian mafia to import cocaine into the country.

Widespread emigration in the 1990s allowed Russian criminal organizations to spread themselves further around the world. Prior to the collapse of communism Russian Jews were allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union, and many criminals took advantage of this if they were themselves Jewish, or if not, acquiring a Jewish passport to be granted permission to leave. In the United States a key location for Russian organized crime was the Russian-Jewish community of Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, New York. Vyacheslav "Yaponchik" Ivankov was the first major Russian organized crime figure prosecuted by the U.S. government, running his extortion operations out of Brighton Beach.Russian organized crime has spread to many other countries as well including Israel, Hungary, Canada, South Africa and Spain
Some Russian Mafia Mafioso :
* Marat Balagula (Brooklyn-based crime boss and originator of billion-dollar gasoline bootlegging scam; close associate of Lucchese crime family. Released from American prison in 2004)
* Arbi Barayev (Chechen warlord/crime boss; killed by Russian armed forces in 2001.)
* Viktor Bout (GRU [[1]] turned international arms merchant; former international fugitive; now awaiting extradition to the United States.)
* Yuri Brokhin (Famed expatriate Russian dissident/international drug dealer and jewel thief; murdered 1982.)
* Vitali Dyomochka (Russian mobster who roduced a TV series chronicling his own activities.)
* Monya Elson (Prolific professional killer; convicted of three murders and imprisoned.)
* Vadim Safronov (Vor v Zakone, controls criminal activities in Tver, Russia.(1992-2012 Jailed in Siberia.)
* Nikolai Radev (Australian crime boss. Murdered outside his home in 2003 during the infamous Melbourne Gangland War)
* Ludwig "Tarzan" Fainberg (Southern Florida intermediary between the Medellin drug cartel and the Russian Mafia; deported to Israel.)
* Vyacheslav "Yaponchik" Ivankov (America's most powerful vor v zakone; deported to Russia.)
* Zakhar "Shakro" Kalashov (International vor v zakone boss; jailed in Spain.)
* Vladimir Kumarin (Saint Petersburg-based boss of Tambov Gang crime group.)
* Otar "Otarik" Kvantrishvili (Moscow extortionist; murdered in 1994)
* Ruslan Labazanov (Chechen crime boss; murdered in 1996.)
* Sergei Mikhailov (Moscow-based head of Solntsevskaya bratva crime group.)
* Semion Mogilevich (Billionaire Budapest-based capo di tutti capi of Russian mafias.)
* Boris Nayfeld (International drug kingpin.)
* Khozh-Ahmed Noukhaev (Chechen crime boss; missing and believed dead.)
* Aleksey "Beaner" Leshchinskiy (Notorious professional assassin; murdered in Athens in 1997.)
* Nikolay "Hoza" Suleimanov (Chechen head of Obshina crime group; murdered in 1994.)
* Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov (Arms dealer and accused Olympic fixer.)
* Movladi Atlangeriyev (Chechen crime boss, kidnapped in 2008)

Pictures :
The emblem of Russian Mafia :
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Russian Mafia Car:
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