Summary of Mark Galeotti's The Vory

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The criminal as hero appears in popular culture around the world, from Robin Hood to Ned Kelly. The Russian thief is not misunderstood, not a victim of a deprived childhood, not a good man in a bad spot. He is just an honest thief in a world where the only distinction is between those thieves who are honest about what they are and those who hide their self-interested criminality beneath judges’ robes and businessmen’s suits. #2 The Russian criminal as hero appears in popular culture around the world, from Robin Hood to Ned Kelly. The Russian thief is not misunderstood, not a victim of a deprived childhood, not a good man in a bad spot. He is just an honest thief in a world where the only distinction is between those thieves who are honest about what they are and those who hide their self-interested criminality beneath judges’ robes and businessmen’s suits. #3 Russia’s state has historically been relatively poor and inefficient in its revenue collection, and spent little on the police and the courts. The country’s police had to do more with proportionally less. #4 Russia’s state has historically been relatively poor and inefficient in its revenue collection, and spent little on the police and the courts. The country’s police had to do more with proportionally less.