Albert Yezerov: The Impact of War on Human Rights: Restrictions and Derogations
Ukrainian statehood has existed and transformed for more than ten years in conditions of the Russian armed aggression. Although Ukraine’s institutional system has
Dmytro Yagunov: Prison Subculture or National Prison Culture. Importation of Russian Neocolonial Narratives in the 21st Century
In this study, we put on the agenda the issue of the origins of Russian criminal and prison subculture, the corresponding informal prisoner
Dmytro Yagunov: Prison Subculture or National Prison Culture. Importation of Russian Neocolonial Narratives in the 21st Century
The article is focused on the origins of Russian criminal and prison subculture and the current state of this phenomenon, which is imported
The Colonial Legacy of the “Wagner State” and the Destruction of the Russian Cultural Code
By creating a giant colony beyond the Urals, unparalleled in world history, and populating it mainly with criminal elements, the Muscovite Tsardom and
Dmytro Yagunov: The Legitimised Illegality of Street and Prison Gangs in the United States
Modern prison systems are characterised by the increasing role of violent criminal subcultures in prisons, which is a key challenge for most prison
‘Zhigany’ and “Urki”: From the White Guards to ‘Thieves-in-Law’
The modern self-designations of ‘thieves’ such as ‘law-abiding’, ‘lawful thieves’, and ‘thieves-in-law’ also originate from the pre-Revolutionary subculture of the ‘vagrants’. The category
