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Russian Mafia In Popular Culture
The Russian mafia has frequently been a subject of works in popular culture. Anime and manga * The Japanese manga and anime series ''Black Lagoon'' prominently features the Hotel Moscow which is a branch of the Russian mafia that operates in the fictional Thailand city of Roanapur. * Two characters in the Japanese light novel series ''Durarara!!'', Simon Brezhnev and Dennis, are former Russian mafia members who run a sushi shop in Tokyo. * The Russian mafia appears as a rival to the Yakuza in the manga ''Sanctuary''. Comics * A Russian crime syndicate known as the Tracksuit Mafia appears in '' Hawkeye'' and ''The Superior Spider-Man'' comic books. * Russian mafioso are frequent antagonists in ''The Punisher''. * The Russian mafia play a large part in ''The Winter Men''. Film * The main plotline in '' Assa'' (1988) takes place in Yalta during the winter of 1980 and follows a crime boss' young mistress who falls in love with an underground rock musician. * In the joint Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Mafia
Russian organized crime or Russian mafia (, ), otherwise known as Bratva (), is a collective of various organized crime elements originating in the former Soviet Union. The initialism OPG is Organized Criminal (''prestupnaya'' in Russian) Group, used to refer to any of the Russian mafia groups, sometimes modified with a specific name, e.g. Orekhovskaya OPG. Sometimes the initialism is translated and OCG is used. Organized crime in Russia began in the Russian Empire, but it was not until the Soviet era that '' vory v zakone'' ("thieves-in-law") emerged as leaders of prison groups in forced labor camps, and their honor code became more defined. With the end of World War II, the death of Joseph Stalin, and the fall of the Soviet Union, more gangs emerged in a flourishing black market, exploiting the unstable governments of the former Republics. Louis Freeh, former director of the FBI, said that the Russian mafia posed the greatest threat to U.S. national security in the mid- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |