Standards. Case Law. Approaches. Opinions
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
Russian Dictator Putin has submitted to the Russian parliament a bill to withdraw Russia from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture.
The Soviet Union established a deeply corrupt and flawed criminal justice system designed to protect itself. Infiltrated by organised crime, it essentially functioned
In this study, we raise the issues of the origins of Soviet criminal and prison subculture, the corresponding informal prisoner hierarchies, and the
The issue of Russian criminal and prison subculture and its spread is by no means historical or criminological in nature. In fact, assessing
At the link below, anyone can see exactly how Russia cooperated with the Council of Europe within the framework of the European Convention
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine draws the attention of the international community to the decision of the Government of the Russian
