However, perestroika did not occur without consequences. The privatization movement of the perestroika reform allowed for the formation of a new class the oligarchs. The lack of legal safeguards of privatization allowed the mafia, which had the financial means and the political connections, to gain ownership and control over key industries of the Russian economy. “The problem is the economic liberalization in Russia, even in the narrowest sense of legalizing private business activity, is far from complete. Under the practical conditions that prevail, it still remains virtually impossible for a Russian entrepreneur to operate entirely within the law.” (Leitzel, Gaddy and Alexeev). But some of the illegal activity of organized crime has proven
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“For many of the Soviet public the revelations of deviancy, depravation, and corruption were hardly new. What shocked, however, was the endemic and systemic nature of these social ills. Moreover, the very presence of certain phenomena, particularly organized crime, became an indictment of ideological foundations up which the Soviet society rested.” (Rawlinson). Before Glasnost the public knew about organized crime and the mafia, but what the public did not know was the fact that the government enabled most of the illegal activities committed.
In Russia today Vladimir Putin is faced with the challenges of organized crimes. According to the deputy Interior Minister Vladimir Kozlov “acts of crime and corruption in the Russian government rose 35 percent in 1999.” (Webster, de Borchgrave and Cilluffo). The Russian Federation is still full of corrupt government officials, illegal business activities, and criminals. The corruption has impaired the development of a free market economy and a democratic government. Democratic reforms that have been set in place are not rooted institutionally creating even more problems for the already fragile
“For many of the Soviet public the revelations of deviancy, depravation, and corruption were hardly new. What shocked, however, was the endemic and systemic nature of these social ills. Moreover, the very presence of certain phenomena, particularly organized crime, became an indictment of ideological foundations up which the Soviet society rested.” (Rawlinson). Before Glasnost the public knew about organized crime and the mafia, but what the public did not know was the fact that the government enabled most of the illegal activities committed.
In Russia today Vladimir Putin is faced with the challenges of organized crimes. According to the deputy Interior Minister Vladimir Kozlov “acts of crime and corruption in the Russian government rose 35 percent in 1999.” (Webster, de Borchgrave and Cilluffo). The Russian Federation is still full of corrupt government officials, illegal business activities, and criminals. The corruption has impaired the development of a free market economy and a democratic government. Democratic reforms that have been set in place are not rooted institutionally creating even more problems for the already fragile