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In [[Soviet]] times, the Russian mafia grew very powerful in conjunction with the [[KGB]]. Both Western trade and financial [[NGO]]s ([[IMF]], [[WTO]], [[World Bank]]) and Soviet entities ([[COMECON]]) refused trade between the Western Powers and Soviet bloc. The Russian mafia grew very rich and powerful smuggling foreign made consumer goods in the [[Soviet Union]] while paying bribes, kickbacks and a share of the profits to the KGB, which also functioned as the Soviet border guard. Thus an unholy alliance between Russian organized crime and Soviet [[law enforcement]] was born which gave Soviet people and [[Communist]] party [[elite]] access to Western consumer goods [[socialist]] [[economy]] was in capable of producing.
In [[Soviet]] times, the Russian mafia grew very powerful in conjunction with the [[KGB]]. Both Western trade and financial [[NGO]]s ([[IMF]], [[WTO]], [[World Bank]]) and Soviet entities ([[COMECON]]) refused trade between the Western Powers and Soviet bloc. The Russian mafia grew very rich and powerful smuggling foreign made consumer goods in the [[Soviet Union]] while paying bribes, kickbacks and a share of the profits to the KGB, which also functioned as the Soviet border guard. Thus an unholy alliance between Russian organized crime and Soviet [[law enforcement]] was born which gave Soviet people and [[Communist]] party [[elite]] access to Western consumer goods [[socialist]] [[economy]] was in capable of producing.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, many ex-KGB found fulltime employment with their former partners in Russian mafia, which had distribution networks for illegal goods throughout the former Soviet Union, including not only Western made consumer goods, but [[narcotic]]s and [[human trafficing]] as well.
[[Category:Gangs]]
[[Category:Gangs]]
[[Category:Russia]]
[[Category:Russia]]
[[Category:Crime]]
[[Category:Crime]]