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00:02:00 - The rise of organized crime in post-WWII USSR
00:09:54 - Short history of crime in Russia
00:15:20 - The Shadow Economy: Blat, Nesuny (carriers) & Tolkachi (pushers)
00:20:50 - The Black Market: Fartsovka
00:27:00 - Currency speculators (Valutchiki)
00:38:00 - And then there was blood. The Gang of Mongol & Yaponchik
00:53:45 - Ethnic question
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