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Russia's battle with crime, corruption and terrorism / edited by Robert W. Orttung and Anthony Latta.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge terrorism, transnational crime and corruption series ; 3.
- Routledge transnational crime and corruption series ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Organized crime--Russia (Federation).
- Organized crime.
- Crime--Russia (Federation).
- Crime.
- Corruption--Russia (Federation)--Prevention.
- Corruption.
- Drug traffic--Russia (Federation)--Prevention.
- Drug traffic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines Russia's attempts to tackle the challenges of the new and increasing security threats of rising crime, corruption and terrorism that it has experienced since the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. It demonstrates the close links between the rising drug trade, border problems, migration issues, organised crime, corruption and terrorism.Uncovering information not seen before by Western audiences, this book:shows how Russia's porous borders have facilitated the operation of transnational crime groupsexplores the specific features that make part
- Contents:
- Introduction / Robert W. Orttung
- The socio-economic and criminal effects of contemporary migration in large Russian cities / Elena Tyuryukanova and Elena Kostyrya
- Crime and migration in Siberia / Valerii V. Sobolnikov
- Drug trafficking along the Russian-Kazakh border : challenges of enforcement / Sergei V. Golunov ... [et al.]
- One hand washes the other : informal ties among organized crime groups and law-enforcement agencies in Russia / Alexander Salagaev, Alexander Shashkin, and Alexey Konnov
- Addressing corruption in Russia's civil-military relations / Andrei S. Makarychev
- Who fights corruption in Russia? / Irina Olimpieva and Oleg Pachenkov
- Trade-offs between security and civil liberties in Russia's counter-terrorist campaign in 2000-2004 : six regional case studies / Nabi Abdullaev and Simon Saradzhyan.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-08900-7
- 0-203-89265-8
- 1-283-96191-1
- 1-134-08901-5
- 9780203892657
- OCLC:
- 826854692
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