anyone know if the russian mafia is really as strong as they say? i have read a lot about them. some say that a few of these organizations have up to 5000 members(solnsnetskaya bratva or something like that). but they also say that independent gangsters or small gangs say they are part of them so they become feared. or that there is almost always an internal struggle or something like that. and if you read the news you can see that these guys are almost everywhere in the world its crazy.