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Professor Mark Galeotti on the assassination of one of Russia’s top players in organized crime.
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-- we've brought you something completely different a -- assassination in Russia we're gonna talk about it.
Because when the top mobster in all of Russia is -- in broad daylight by the way it is a big money story.
-- -- obvious yeah he's a professor at NYU he is explode on the Russian mob ball professor -- in the program -- -- -- -- What I would have been wrong before I went so far as decided that the mall but actually almost -- Russia.
You -- front good -- concept here because of in called the -- runs Russia they have very very heavily penetrated the local and national politics.
But the flip side is actually -- how fond of the Kremlin half on the political leaders around the mall.
But it is an option these things business politics crime it's very hostility for your it you're right in the middle of this and -- you analyze this is what this -- what you do you telling us that the Russian government.
Controls the mobile almost as -- form of government.
Say that this arrangements that steals this the mobsters that -- from government does -- -- isn't the same people who are in parliament and it sank.
But it's clear that times favors in mind it's clear that -- times the government says we don't want you to do this and suddenly the -- -- crime doesn't do that so it's very clear that the pretty close relationship.
Who was off -- looks -- and that's the -- that was assassinated -- was -- -- the -- the mobile bull -- mob bosses he wasn't the boss but let's say he was one of the top figures -- in some ways I think he was really important because.
He was the last of the old school banks that he was let's say Moscow is don't Korea -- -- and nowadays the kind of leader who's rising up.
And not yields -- Russian mafia -- -- with tattoos and in and have made the camps in central.
Then shops to teach young gangster entrepreneur is assuring people that they shoot people on -- should people on -- ever had a great article last week a word they're that the whole culture though Russia celebrates the -- you know like that.
It's not that they say hey a guy was assassinated they'd fill them up than they have TV -- the -- like.
Everyone there it's it's enthralled with the -- -- needs of it's it's a big deal I mean any -- any little sort of local bus and it's playing -- couldn't gangster rap mobile style.
But so so than some ways Russians are almost proud that that that there was a really big Blockbuster movie -- -- about brother to.
In which a Russian -- to come to America.
And basically kicks the stuffing.
I guess that's another good can it that we may be for the thugs but after thugs -- -- -- on -- yeah that's right last month -- shot down -- -- -- originally from.
He -- his money for everything I mean in -- way.
He was no longer some -- into his hands dirty he had a big network of people from everything from drugs and women through two it embezzlement of government funds.
He was -- basically because.
The Russian on the world's going through period in which is increasing hostels -- lot of Afghan heroin flowing through.
And -- this is new generation.
All of younger -- -- ethnic Russian gangster.
Who basically reckon it's time they took over last 120 seconds left a very active destruction mobsters in America.
Absolutely getting all kind of -- -- -- -- -- forces and ripping Medicare pops Brennan they have very good at white collar -- on them -- -- -- -- we're out of time for this round but are you gonna come back and tell us about how the Russian mob is -- Medicare upon because I wanna hear about that.
A -- Professor Ahmad -- on the NYU thanks very much for joining us Muppet -- again America and -- -- you take a.
