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{{Infobox Creeminal organization
| name                = Roushie Mafia 
| founded  VZCD          =
| founding location   = [[Roushie]] / Umwhile [[Soviet Union]]
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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]]. A
lwthough 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 sieemilar 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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Alwthough maist Roushie creeminal groups vary in theair structur, thare hae been attempts at tryin tae figur oot a model in hou theay wirk. Ane suchic 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: theay set specific tasks for subordinate groups or chuise who doaes wha task.
# Security group: theay are in chairge wi security an intelligence.
# Wirkin group: the individuals that actually cariry oot the creemes; theay 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 moderen 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 aefter 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 jailyle 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 [[Brithers' 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 certaint key memmers an froze theair 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 numbmers 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.
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