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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]], [[Pontian 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>

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