The russian mafia

The Russian Mafia has always exercised an important role in the Russian economy. The contemporary mafiosi are descendents of the seventeenth Century highwaymen and Cossack robbers. These men occasionally murdered families prior to raids preventing them from being captured. The Russia mafiosi made a point to remain away from the state. Mob men were actually rejected when returning home from fighting in the Great Patriotic War. The gangs begin to dominate markets such as car sales, spare parts, cigarettes, food distribution, and other markets that the Communist Party failed to provide under the Bolsheviks. Since the collapse of Communism and the dawn of Capitalism, the Russian people have been troubled with un countable obstacles. There are more than 3,000 gangs known generally as the Russian Mafia. They have proven to be a significant force in delaying the reform process of russia. The new Russian Mafia has involved themselves in every imaginable kind of criminal activity from drug traf...