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The Russian mafia (Russian: ру́сская ма́фия rússkaya máfiya [ˈruskəjə ˈmafʲɪjə] or росси́йская ма́фия rossíyskaya máfiya [rɐˈsʲijskəjə ˈmafʲɪjə]), [4] otherwise referred to as bratva (братва́ bratvá [brɐtˈva]; lit. 'brothers' clique'), is a collective of various organized crime ...
In the Russian criminal tattoo code, a rose is the symbol of a blighted youth. A tattoo of a rose wrapped in barbed wire means its owner was incarcerated before he came of age and became an adult...
In Russian criminal jargon or Fenya (феня), a full set of tattoos is known as frak s ordenami (a tailcoat with decorations). The tattoos show a "service record" of achievements and failures, prison sentences and the type of work a criminal does.
6 maj 2024 · Cathedrals, or Kremlins, represent time spent incarcerated and are iconic Russian prison tattoos. The more domes an inmate’s church has indicates the number of sentences they have served over their lifetime.
14 sty 2015 · On the left leg a sailing ship with a white body, shaded sails and flags on the masts is the distinctive sign of a gulnoy – someone who has fled from custody, putting themselves in an illegal situation to engage in criminal activity. Also a ‘nomadic traveler,’ a migrant offender who travels to various cities to commit theft.
The Russian mafia, like the Italian and to some extent the US groups, has combined street level visible crime such as human trafficking and drug smuggling with less visible white collar crimes...
10 sty 2024 · This deep penetration of street and criminal stigmatization of homosexuality into wider Russian culture helps us to understand the popularity of the anti-LGBTQ+ agenda promoted by Putin’s regime.
