Who are THIEF IN LAW? The highest cast of the Russian criminal world

Thieves in law are respective diasporas in the post-Soviet States. They are professional criminals who enjoy the status of an underworld elite.

Russia has recently released a law prescribing punishment for those who hold the highest position in criminal hierarchy: imprisonment from 8 to 15 years. It forces the thieves to fit to the changes.

Their lifestyle basis on special laws. For example they cannot be interviewed by journalists. Nevertheless, Sasha was able to communicate with those who represent the thieves, with their associates and relatives, and find out why the future of this caste is at least vague. .

Contents:
0:00 Intro
1:28 "I committed the first thefts when I entered the institute"
4:55 Who was Vladimir Tyurin (nickname Tyurik)?
6:51 About Konstantin Borisov (nickname Kostyl)
8:25 How did thieves in law originate?
10:37 The first laws of the thieves
12:06 About wardens who help prisoners
14:46 Friends and relatives about Konstantin
16:36 The thieves during the WW2: violation of the laws and the B*tch Wars
19:48 Coronation of Tyurik and Kostyl
23:44 Popularisation of the code-bound thieves. Khruschev declared a war against them.
25:36 “I ended up in a gang at the age of 14 and sought protection there”
26:50 90s: the rise of racketeering and "filling the vacuum"
31:53 "Tyurik" - authority at large; "Crutch" - authority in prison
35:01 The relationship of code-bound thieves with criminal gangs
37:53 Visiting a man who served 32 years in prison
39:39 What do officials have to do with the underworld?
42:52 Can thieves in law have a family?
46:19 The era of "Grandpa Hassan"
48:00 “Thieves have no chief. Thieves have democracy!”
49:31 Illness and death of Konstantin Borisov ("Crutch")
52:24 Vladimir Tyurin (Tyurik) now
55:03 What are the "wardens" appointed by the code-bound thieves doing now?
56:42 What happened to the thieves' ideology?
58:57 How did the article about occupying the highest position in the criminal hierarchy affect the existence of thieves in law?
1:06:12 Can crime bosses "retire" completely?

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