Russian society tends to form tiers of mafias through the actions of the principles of hierarchy and rank-worship on the one hand, and adolescent group solidarity on the other, with the upper-ruling mafia as the occupational force.
Russian society tends to form tiers of mafias through the actions of the principles of hierarchy and rank-worship on the one hand, and adolescent group solidarity on the other, with the upper-ruling mafia as the occupational force.
When the Baltic countries entered NATO and the European Union a couple of years ago, many thought it was the end of the centuries-old "red line." Euro-Atlantic organizations had crossed into the former Russian and Soviet empires.
In September 2004, the Russian city of Novgorod hosted an international conference entitled Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality. Its organizers were the RIA Novosti news agency, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia in Global Affairs, and The Moscow Times.