The book examines Russian organized crime from both Western and Russian perspectives. It is divided into seven essays, articles, and presentations that discuss and evaluate: (1) the post-Cold War vision of Russia in Western journalism, popular culture and research; (2) the implications of Russia's crime situation for Finland; (3) the emergence of a new society with new markets, the new business managers as part of the changing society, the significance of interpersonal relationships in business communities on the micro-level, the "markets of relationships" as a part of market-building in Russia; (4) the emerging markets from an inductive point of view, an alternative to the deductive approaches of neoclassical economics; (5) the tendencies of criminal policy in Russia, the interaction of policing with the crime situation; and (6) the most dangerous forms of crime in St. Petersburg. Notes, tables, figures, bibliography, index, appendixes