a when he was asked about organized crime. "But it may genuinely appear that way to Koleshnikov. Relative to the time when his lot- the KGB and The Party- ruled the entire empire, a Mafioso killing some few hundred may seem like nothing compared to proper organizations that kill by the millions" (Amiel 7). Many of the officials who used to work a few years ago for the Communist USSR, now work for the Russian mafia.
             The Russian mafia is arguably now the most powerful organization in Russia. Today it is nearly impossible for any sort of profitable business in Russia to avoid being controlled, or regularly extorted by the mafia. The Russian mafia has become so widespread after the fall of Communism that according to the FBI, by 1995 the Russian mafia had taken control of 70-80% of all Russian commercial enterprises. "There are millions who work as employees of the Mafia-operated or Mafia-controlled entities, as they worked before the entities by the Communist government" (Konanykhine 9). The mafia as a whole has taken the place formerly occupied by the Com
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