You've probably heard that the Soviet Union was a brutal place to live.  The kind of criminal that came out of that place was the type that could not only live there, but live through Soviet prisons and corruption.  In America, we're simply not equipped for that kind of person.  They fear nothing and will do anything to get ahead.  Hence, the Russian mafia.  You thought the Italian mafia was scary?  Slip off those concrete shoes and read about how "fun" and "cool" organized crime is without a slick marketing campaign behind it.

THE LAST BOSS OF BRIGHTON: Boris "Biba" Nayfeld and the Rise of the Russian Mob in America - amzn.to/3uGinPF
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