I also think that the Russians may make more money in the US than the American Mafia. But they are not more powerful. And never was and never will be.

Just because one organization makes more money than the other dont make it the more powerful one. If the two organizations are equal powerful and ONE have more money than the other then okey, the one with more money wins. But its not obvius just because you have more money you win.

However if we are talking about(moneywise) 2000 and forward i think Russians make more money, they simply do STATE buisnesses, Oil and banks and shit its on another level.