i think some russian oc came into business w/ a few of the families...colombo and franzese,evsei argon/marat balagula w/ genovese....
don't know about ivankov and his short run in nyc.
current russian oc arrests have not shown connection to nyc families.
do not think russian oc asks permission to the "families" to operate anywhere.
and what is the red mafia...???
much like the 'ndrangheta russians r not some hierarchical org.
just because theres a russian,georgian,chechenyan crew busted somewhere doesnt mean they r connected to some overall oc group.