Federico Varese 
Russia in Four Criminals [EPUB ebook] 

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Corruption on an immense scale and the unscrupulous use of law enforcement have left indelible marks on post-Soviet Russia. Federico Varese reveals the scars of these grim decades through an unusual lens: its criminal history.

Varese weaves together the tales of four criminals, each emblematic of a different decade and social group within the country. We encounter a traditional mobster, an oligarch, an incarcerated drug-dealer who obtained horrifying videos depicting torture behind bars, and the mastermind behind the world’s most potent computer virus. In delving into their lives, we witness the transformation of Russia from the late Soviet period, through the tumultuous years of Boris Yeltsin’s presidency, to the authoritarian era of Vladimir Putin. This new era, Varese shows, represents the pinnacle of a violent transition to democracy built on widespread theft, suppression of dissent, and the unholy alliance between crime and politics. The West chose to overlook these unfolding abuses, unwaveringly supporting first Yeltsin and then Putin. Now we have awakened to the grim reality, but the realization has come too late.

Russia in Four Criminals is an innovative and compelling account of one of the most tragic developments of modern history.

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Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements
A Note to the Reader
Glossary
Introduction
1 The mafia boss Vyacheslav Ivan’kov
2 The oligarch Boris Berezovsky
3 The convict Sergei Savel’ev
4 The cybercriminal Nikita Kuzmin
Conclusions
References

Om författaren

Federico Varese is Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po in Paris and Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. He has written on the Russian mafia, Soviet criminal history, Russian dissidents, migration of mafia groups, Somali piracy, the drugs trade, and cybercrime. He is the author of many academic papers and three award-winning books: The Russian Mafia (2001), Mafias on the Move (2011), and Mafia Life (2018). Visit his webpage at: www.federicovarese.com

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Språk Engelska ● Formatera EPUB ● Sidor 124 ● ISBN 9781509563616 ● Filstorlek 0.2 MB ● Utgivare Polity ● Land GB ● Publicerad 2024 ● Utgåva 1 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 9697730 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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