The Russian Mafia may get all the attention, but as this vivid and lively account of a businessman who finds himself trapped in its coils, its Ukrainian counterpart was and is no less violent and entrepreneurial. One can only marvel that, having been caught between the gangsters and the SBU (Ukraine's Security Service), he lived to tell this tale, but he did, and it is very well worth reading.” —Mark Galeotti, PhD, historian and author, A Short History of Russia, We Need to Talk about Putin, and The Vory: Russia's Super Mafia
“Deadly Bonds is one of the first books to chronicle the rise of organized crime in Ukraine. It brings the reader into the atmosphere which pervaded Ukraine and other former Soviet republics in the 1990s in the aftermath of the disintegration of the USSR, when organized crime controlled the economy, penetrated law enforcement, mingled with oligarchs, and corrupted politicians. Sergey Maidukov provides us with the background to the rise of the biggest and most powerful organized crime in the Donetsk region who captured Ukraine from the mid-2000s, precipitating a decade later in the Euromaidan popular uprising and war with Russia.” —Taras Kuzio, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy
He thought the nightmare was over, but nearly twenty years later, "the most terrible Mafioso in Ukraine" was back.
This book is not just a memoir but a confession. In 1994, author Sergey Maidukov accepted an "exciting business offer" from Samvel Martirosyan, later renowned as one of the most brutal and indomitable leaders of the Ukrainian Mafia. Maidukov quickly discovered that his job as "president" of a newly created business was actually a front for Mafia activities. Despite regular attempts to extricate himself, he was told that it was too late in no uncertain terms. Thus ensued five adrenaline-fueled years in a long-term apprenticeship with the Mafia underground.
Deadly Bonds: Five Years Inside the Ukrainian Mafia provides a deep look at the Mafia family that dominated the twentieth century post-Soviet state and how it brewed conditions of economic, political, and moral catastrophe.
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This book is not just a memoir but a confession. In 1994, author Sergey Maidukov accepted an "exciting business offer" from Samvel Martirosyan, later renowned as one of the most brutal and indomitable leaders of the Ukrainian Mafia. Maidukov quickly discovered that his job as "president" of a newly created business was actually a front for Mafia activities. Despite regular attempts to extricate himself, he was told that it was too late in no uncertain terms. Thus ensued five adrenaline-fueled years in a long-term apprenticeship with the Mafia underground.
Deadly Bonds: Five Years Inside the Ukrainian Mafia provides a deep look at the Mafia family that dominated the twentieth century post-Soviet state and how it brewed conditions of economic, political, and moral catastrophe.
Deadly Bonds: Five Years Inside the Ukrainian Mafia
He thought the nightmare was over, but nearly twenty years later, "the most terrible Mafioso in Ukraine" was back.
This book is not just a memoir but a confession. In 1994, author Sergey Maidukov accepted an "exciting business offer" from Samvel Martirosyan, later renowned as one of the most brutal and indomitable leaders of the Ukrainian Mafia. Maidukov quickly discovered that his job as "president" of a newly created business was actually a front for Mafia activities. Despite regular attempts to extricate himself, he was told that it was too late in no uncertain terms. Thus ensued five adrenaline-fueled years in a long-term apprenticeship with the Mafia underground.
Deadly Bonds: Five Years Inside the Ukrainian Mafia provides a deep look at the Mafia family that dominated the twentieth century post-Soviet state and how it brewed conditions of economic, political, and moral catastrophe.
This book is not just a memoir but a confession. In 1994, author Sergey Maidukov accepted an "exciting business offer" from Samvel Martirosyan, later renowned as one of the most brutal and indomitable leaders of the Ukrainian Mafia. Maidukov quickly discovered that his job as "president" of a newly created business was actually a front for Mafia activities. Despite regular attempts to extricate himself, he was told that it was too late in no uncertain terms. Thus ensued five adrenaline-fueled years in a long-term apprenticeship with the Mafia underground.
Deadly Bonds: Five Years Inside the Ukrainian Mafia provides a deep look at the Mafia family that dominated the twentieth century post-Soviet state and how it brewed conditions of economic, political, and moral catastrophe.
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| BN ID: | 2940193525240 |
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| Publisher: | Tantor Audio |
| Publication date: | 01/21/2025 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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