JohnnyRed wrote:flames biography: was once a pussy, resents himself for not growing up in macedonia. is a total retard, is now a tough guy. is part of the kcf mafia family who makes 12 trillion a year and has millions of members who is also unknown to any law enforcement officials around the world. even though kcf operates in every country worldwide. his uncle is the boss.

and he totally ruined the forums, loooool
lol
I will miss some of his humor if Johnny really has been banned.And if he has been, why didnt the same happen to flame?
And why now, just as "legendary" Sibirian Mofo started posting again, lol.That is really kind of drastic.
Sure he was often exaggerating, making up facts, sometimes insulting and lying like a maniac, lol, but I still found his comments to be
ten times more valuable than flames, whose posts
seriously induce a headache in me everytime i read them.
thewestside wrote:Many major cities in Russia are like those in Southern Italy and Sicily, where up to 80% of the businesses have to make extortion payments to organized crime groups. There are numerous estimates regarding how much of the economy the Russian mob controls. 80% is ridculous. 50% is as well. Businesses controlled by the Italian Mafia are estimated to be worth anywhere from 3.4% to 10% of Italy's GDP. Russian mob percentage of Russia's GDP is also probably in the single digits or low double digits.
Well said.I am wondering why the press always needs to exaggerate numbers (mostly in regards to profits and numbers of membership), when the truth is in fact scary enough, especially in Russia.
Another quote I have seen being used in MANY Russian OC articles:
"By 1996 this estimate had grown to 8,000 [
organized crime] groups [in Russia], each with memberships of between 50 and 1,000."
->basically saying there were at the very least 400 000 members of Russian OC in 1996.
I am expecting an article telling us there are 12 million members in the Russian Mafia in 2008 soon.
Flames, you want to take a shot?lol