In a lot of countries today, even developed countries, the line between leadership and organized crime is razor thin, if there's a line at all, and Russia is one of them. We've seen a lot of examples in the news in recent years.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
