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Mi Lennhag

Mi Lennhag

Doctoral Student

Mi Lennhag

Bokrecension - Vory: den ryska supermaffian

Author

  • Mi Lennhag

Summary, in Swedish

Mi Lennhag reviews Vory: den ryska supermaffian (The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia) by Mark Galeotti (translated by Manne Svensson). The book examines organized crime in the Soviet Union and in post-Soviet Russia. Historical, political and cultural contexts help explaining the Russian mafia and the phenomenon vory. Galeotti pictures a Russian society where politics and organized crime remain closely linked.

Department/s

  • Department of Political Science

Publishing year

2020-01-22

Language

Swedish

Publication/Series

Nordisk Østforum

Volume

34

Issue

7-9

Document type

Review

Publisher

Cappelen Damm Akademisk

Topic

  • Political Science
  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • Ryssland
  • korruption
  • Vladimir Putin
  • kriminalitet
  • Corruption
  • Russia
  • Vladimir Putin
  • Criminal behaviors

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0801-7220