“Both Bratva and thieves in law would like to call themselves nihilists and anarchists because they don’t support the established government, but they govern nonetheless, and you can’t be an anarchist unless you follow its rule. Crime and anarchy are no more synonymous than nihilism and existentialism, or fatalism and determinism; so many isms there was bound to be a schism.” PhilosophyRussiaExistentialismAnarchyNihilismRussian MafiaBratvaFatalistThief In LawThieve In Law Book:Red Russia Source: Red Russia
“There’s no English equivalent for silovik. It doesn’t translate succinctly because to create something as Machiavellian as a silovik requires both the KGB and the GRU, and then a shift from communism to capitalism followed by a gear-grinding reverse into despotism.” PoliticsCapitalismRussiaCommunismDespotismKgbMachiavellianFsbSilovik Book:Red Russia Source: Red Russia