Russia in Four Criminals

Federico Varese is Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po in Paris and Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. He has written on the Russian mafia, Soviet criminal history, Russian dissidents, migration of mafia groups, Somali piracy, the drugs trade, and cybercrime. He is the author of many academic papers and three award-winning books: The Russian Mafia (2001), Mafias on the Move (2011), and Mafia Life (2018). Visit his webpage at: www.federicovarese.com