Russian Mafia

2017-03-28, 1 mention 2017-05-02, 1 mention 2018-05-30, 5 mentions 2019-02-23, 1 mention

Every mention, in time. Each mark is a day — taller means more that day — and links to the moment.

Tim’s take

He treats the Russian Mafia mostly as New York folklore he grew up hearing — brutal, ruthless, family-killing legend — and repeats that framing when it comes up organically, like with Felix Sater or an old coworker's stories 16:46 42:40 20:49. He also ties it to lingering suspicion about Trump's real estate deals 16:46 40:31. But he credits the deep-dive episode with Mark Galeotti for actually separating the myths from the reality he'd absorbed 13:26 14:09 43:44.

References: 8
Span: Mar 28, 2017 — Feb 23, 2019

Every Reference (8)

20:13Mar 28, 2017critical#
"Moklievich and I mean from from what we understand about the Russian Mafia is that they are brutal and ruthless right and extremely deadly"
Sater Turns Informant and Joins Bayrock/Trump Tower — Boss of Bosses (with Russ Baker)+207s into the segment
46:14May 2, 2017neutral#
"That was actually the just the private bank accounts of the Russian Mafia It was forex trading and he and they were big big money guys"
Howie the Mortgage Scammer and Forex Russian Mafia Ties — Built To Win+214s into the segment
11:07May 30, 2018neutral#
"amazing statistic now how important was that in terms of the Russian mafia transitioning into things like finance and into tech and kind"
The 1990s Looting and Bulletproof Mercedes — Russia's Super Mafia+25s into the segment
14:39May 30, 2018mixed#
"The mafia, it wasn't just like they were ripping people off, but they were providing a valuable service of importing things and being able to facilitate business to business."
The Mafia as a Substitute Court System — Russia's Super Mafia+30s into the segment
21:30May 30, 2018joking#
"we have all these things you know all these things about the Russian mafia in New York City where I grew up where they would go you know the Russian mafia will kill your whole family and then make you go to all the funerals and then kill you. They are the toughest."
Religious Tattoos as Middle Fingers to the Church — Russia's Super Mafia+41s into the segment
41:16May 30, 2018critical#
"something over him, or that his businesses were floated by the Russian mafia. Do you think that's just kind of, you know, in the realm of,"
Is Trump Blackmail-Proof? — Russia's Super Mafia+45s into the segment
43:46May 30, 2018neutral#
"scope, the worldwide scope of the Russian Mafia is larger than any other national mafia. How much, if any,"
FSB Ties and the Flat Network Structure of Russian Gangs — Russia's Super Mafia+3s into the segment
13:58Feb 23, 2019neutral#
"guy, Mark Eliaudion recently who wrote a great book about the Russian mafia. And we did a deep dive into that topic and Mark cleared up"
What Real Journalism Should Be — Our Best Episode (Inside the CIA with John Kiriakou)+32s into the segment