Varese Federico. The Russian Mafia: Private Protection in a New Market Economy

Oxford University Press, 2001. — 305 p.Challenging widely held views, this book presents a thorough account of the Russian Mafia. It charts the emergence of the group in the context of the transition to the market, the privatization of protection, and pervasive corruption. It includes reports of undercover police operations, in-depth interviews conducted over several years with the victims of the Mafia, criminals and officials, and documents from the Gulag archives. It also provides a comparative study, making references to other Mafia, such as the Japanese Yakuza, the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, and the American-Italian Mafia.The Transition to the Market and Protection in Russia
The Transition to the Market
The State as Supplier of Protection
Varieties of Protectors
Private Protection in Perm
Searching for Protection
The Contract and the Services
The Russian Mafia
The Mafia in Perm
Mafia Ancestors: The Vory‐V‐Zakone, 1920s–1950s
The Russian Mafia