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{{Infobox Creeminal organization
| name                = Roushie Mafia 
| founded  VZCD          =
| founding location   = [[Roushie]] / Umwhile [[Soviet Union]]
| ethnic makeup = Primarily [[Roushies]], [[Roushie Jews]], [[Ukrainians]], [[Ukrainian Jews]], [[Abkhazians]], [[Adjarians]], [[AAzerbaijanis]], [[Armenies]], [[Assirie fowk|Assiries]], [[Belaroushie Jews]], [[Chechens]], [[Avar fowk|Dagestanis]], [[Estonies]], [[Georgie fowk|Georgies]], [[Georgie Jews]], [[Ingush fowk|Ingusheties]], [[Kyrgyz fowk|Kyrgyzstanis]], [[Lithuanies]], [[Osseties]], [[Pontianc Greeks]], [[Ruska Roma|Roushie Romanis]], [[Tajiks]], [[Volga Germans]], [[Uzbeks]], [[Uyghurs]], [[Yezidis]]<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2194/is_5_69/ai_63016002/</ref>
| membership & association = 300,000 estimated worldwide<ref>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2010/03/russian-mafia-expands-to-300000-members.html</ref>
| territory           = Internaitional, stranghaulds in umwhile Soviet states an extensive operations in Israel an the Unitit States 
| criminal activities = [[Money launderin]], [[extortion]], [[airms traffickin]], [[cybercreeme]], [[human traffickin]], [[prostitution]], [[drug traffickin]], [[arson]], [[coonterfeitin]], [[extortion]], [[fraud]], an [[larceny]] }}
	
The '''Roushie Mafia''' {{Unicode|[rʌ'sijskəjə 'mɑːfijə /'rʊskəjə 'mɑːfijə]}}; ({{lang-ru|Рoссийская мафия, ''Rossiyskaya Mafiya''; Русская мафия, ''Russkaya Mafiya''}}) is a name appleed tae organizit creeme syndicates in [[Roushie]] an [[Ukraine]]. The mafia in various kintras tak the name o the kintra, as for example the Ukrainian mafia. 

'''''Bratva''''' [{{Unicode|[brʌt'vɑː]}}] ({{lang|ru|Братва}}; slang for "britherhuid", which applees tae aw gangs, includin rivals) is a name designatin a range o [[organizit creeme]] syndicates oreeginatin in the umwhile [[Soviet Union]], [[Roushie]] an the [[Commonwalth o Independent States|CIS]]. Syne the [[Dissolution o the Soviet Union|faw]] o the Soviet Union, these groups hae amassed considerable warldwide pouer an influence.<ref>[[Misha Glenny|Glenny, Misha]] (2008), ''McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld''; [[New York]]: [[Alfred A. Knopf]], ''[[passim]]''.</ref> They are active in virtually ivery pairt o Roushie society.<ref name=mafrus>[http://books.google.nl/books?id=fsHKUCyWLzYC&pg=PT89&dq=Russian+Mafia+influence&lr=&client=firefox-a&cd=18#v=onepage&q=Russian%20Mafia%20influence&f=false From Nyet to Da: Understanding the New Russia] by Yale Richmond, Intercultural Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-931930-59-8 (page 68)</ref> Roushie creeminals are internaitionally active in the illegal ile trade, [[human traffickin]], [[drug traffickin]], smugglin o weapons an nuclear material an [[money launderin]].<ref name=mafrus/> In December 2009, Timur Lakhonin, the heid o the Roushie Naitional Central Bureau o [[Interpol]], statit: "Certainly, there is creeme involvin oor umwhile compatriots abroad, but there is nae data suggestin that an organizit structur o creeminal groups comprisin umwhile Roushies exists abroad".<ref name=myth>[http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/28442/ Russian mafia abroad is a myth – head of Russian Interpol bureau], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (December 22, 2009)</ref>okin]], [[cybercreeme]], [[human trokin]], [[prostitution]], [[drog trokin]], [[arson]], [[coonterfeitin]], [[extortion]], [[fraud]], an [[larceny]] }}

The '''Roushie mafia''' ({{Lang-ru|русская мафия}}, ''russkaya mafiya'') is a term uised tae refer tae the [[collective]] o various organisit [[creeme syndicates]] oreeginatin in the [[Republics o the Soviet Union|umwhile Soviet Union]]. Although no a singular creeminal organisation, maist o the individual groups, kent as '''''Bratva''''' ("britherhuid") or '''''Vorovskoy mir''''' ("thief in law, warld"),<ref name="tvtropes"/> share similar goals an organisational structurs that define them as pairt o the loose oweraw association.

==Structur an composition==
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|style="text-align: left;"|"They're not carefully structured ''[[Cosa Nostra]]''-type families... They're loose structures of networks, but they draw on people from a number of different areas."
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|style="text-align: right;"|&nbsp;— James Finckenauer, author o ''Russian Mafia In America''<ref name="history channel"/>
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Although maist Roushie creeminal groups vary in their structur, thare hae been attempts at tryin tae figur oot a model in hou they wirk. Ane such model, which coud be possibly oot-datit structur, as it is based on the auld style o Soviet creeminal enterprises, wirks oot like the follaein:

# Elite group: the leadership, aftentimes a ''vor'' or ''vory'', manages an organises plans for operations.
# Support group: they set specific tasks for subordinate groups or chuise who does wha task.
# Security group: they are in chairge wi security an intelligence.
# Wirkin group: the individuals that actually carry oot the creemes; they are aften uninformit o the identity o the leadership.

==Notable individual groups==
* The ''[[Solntsevskaya Bratva]]'': Led bi [[Sergei Anatolyev Mikhailov|Sergei "Mikhas" Mikhailov]], it is Roushie's lairgest creeminal group wi aboot 5,000 memmers, an is namit efter the [[Solntsevo Destrict|Solntsevo destrict]].<ref name="focus features"/><ref name="BBC rise"/>
* The ''Dolgopruadnanskaya'' gang: Roushie's seicont lairgest creeminal group.<ref name="BBC rise"/>
* The ''Izmaylovskaya'' gang: Ane o Rosuhie's auldest modern gangs, it wis stairtit in the mid- tae late-1980s bi Oleg Ivanov; it haes aroond 200–500 memmers in Moscow alane, an is namit after the [[Izmaylovo Destrict]].<ref name="unreported cases"/>
* The [[Tambov Gang|''Tambov'' gang]]: Namit efter [[Tambov Oblast]], this group haes been kent tae dominate [[Saunt Petersburg]]; the man maist associatit with them is Vladimir Kumarin.<ref name="unreported cases"/>
* The [[Orekhovskaya gang|''Orekhovskaya'' Gang]]: Foondit bi Segei "Sylvester" Timofeyev, this group reached its hicht in Moscow in the 1990s. When Timofeyev dee'd, Sergei Butorin teuk his place. Housomeivver, he wis sentencit tae jail for life in 2011.<ref name="ITAR-TASS"/><ref name="kyivpost"/>
* The Odessa Mafia: The maist prominent an dominant Roushie creeminal group operatin in the US; its heidquairter is in Brighton Beach.<ref name="Mallory"/><ref name="fas.org"/>
* The [[Brothers’ Circle]]: Heidit bi Temuri Mirzoyev, this multi-ethnic [[Transnaitional organisit creeme|transnaitional]] group is "composed o leaders an senior memmers o several Eurasie creeminal groups lairgely based in kintras o the umwhile Soviet Union but operatin in Europe, the Middle East, Africae, an Laitin Americae."<ref name="treasury"/> In 2011, US Preses [[Barack Obama]] an his admeenistration namit it ane o fower transnaitional organisit creeme groups that posed the greatest threat tae US naitional security, an sanctioned certain key memmers an froze their assets.<ref name="hetq.am"/><ref name="most powerful"/> A year later, he extendit the naitional emergency against them for anither year.<ref name="extend sanctions"/>
* The [[Semion Mogilevich]] Organisation: Based in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]] an heidit bi the creeme boss o the same name, this group numbers approximately 250 members as of 1996. Its business is aften tee'd wi that o the ''Solntsevskaya Bratva'' an the Vyacheslav Ivankov Organisation. Aleksey Anatolyevich Lugovcov is the seicont-in-command, an Vitaly Borisovich Savalovsky is the "unnerboss" tae Mogilevich.<ref name="Mogilevich Organization"/>
* The [[Uralmash gang]] o [[Yekaterinburg]].
* The [[Mkhedrioni]] wis a paramilitar group involvit in organisit creeme led bi thief-in-law [[Jaba Ioseliani]] in 1990s Georgie.
* [[Armenian Power]], or AP-13, is a Californie based creeme syndicate tee'd tae Roushie an Armenie organisit creeme.
* The ceety o [[Kazan]] wis kent for its gang cultur, which later progressed intae mair organisit, mafia-esque groups. This wis kent as the [[Kazan phenomenon]].

==References==
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