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Becoming the Chechen Mafia: Ancient Outlaws, Soviet Scabs and a British KGB Plot
Becoming the Chechen Mafia: Ancient Outlaws, Soviet Scabs and a British KGB Plot
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50 minutes
Released:
Sep 12, 2023
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In this episode we track the concept of the Chechen Mafia—not an easy thing to define—from ancient invasions and the creation of the "Abrek", or "outlaw-exile," through Soviet repression, Stalin's deportations and the "Scab War" of the feared Gulag Archipelago.
The rise of a Communist blackmarket later allowed Chechens in Siberia and Kazakhstan to carve out their own illicit empires, outside of Russia's "Thieves World." These newfound gangsters coalesced with an independence movement, whose bloodshed would reach all the way to central London—at the scene of a brutal, 1993 double-murder.
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The rise of a Communist blackmarket later allowed Chechens in Siberia and Kazakhstan to carve out their own illicit empires, outside of Russia's "Thieves World." These newfound gangsters coalesced with an independence movement, whose bloodshed would reach all the way to central London—at the scene of a brutal, 1993 double-murder.
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Released:
Sep 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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