Most Russians celebrated the end of communism, an essentially planned economy, but the shift to free enterprise, has its unintended side effect. Vast, new opportunities for the Russian mafia, according to an estimate by the Kremlin, the underworld now controls, as much as 40 percent of the nations economy. The Russian mob is also extended its tentacles into New York and other American cities. The Russians may be new kids in the game, but they seem just as skilled, as their Sicilian brethren
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