Description
A thief in law (Russian: Ð²Ð¾Ñ Ð² закоÌне, tr. vor v zakone) in the Soviet Union, the post-Soviet states, and respective diasporas abroad is a specifically granted formal and special status of “criminal dignitary” (kriminalny avtoritet), a professional criminal who enjoys an elite position among other notified mobsters within the organized crime environment and employs informal authority over its lower-status members.
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