The Russian mafia strengthened and developed during the Soviet Union through the ruling communist party. There is no one clear definition of the Russian mafia, therefore the Russian mafia has been broadly defined incorporating all mafia groups of Russia. “The wider view is that “the Russian mafia” is an umbrella term that covers what may be thousands of mafia groups in Russia. From this perspective, there is no single, unified Russian Mafia, but rather a number of mafias.” (Webster, de Borchgrave and Cilluffo). Over time the mafia has become intertwined with organizational crimes.
Corruption and organized crime was established in the five year planned economy of the Soviet Union. “ While the state was the nominal owner of the “means of production,”