The American prison world is truly a vast and unknown civilization. Millions of people live behind bars in the United States, forced to comply with special unwritten laws and put up with discrimination that has not been seen in the wild for decades. Entire cities of prisoners provide a fabulous income to the owners of prisons, turning the system of correction and punishment into an exploitation and enrichment machine. decided to understand how American prisons work: the first text of the new cycle is devoted to racism behind bars and the life of prison gangs.

"Monkeys don't wear glasses," prison guard Brian Paupor called out to black John Richard in the yard of a New York state prison. Convicted for the murder, Richard had poor eyesight and a prescription for dark glasses, so he did not take them off. A fight ensued, and several colleagues arrived to help the guard. As a result, the prisoner lost not only his glasses - he was beaten so that he could hardly walk, and sent to a punishment cell for six months. Officer Paupor escaped with minor injuries, and in the official report wrote that Richard attacked him first. There was no mention of racial slur in the note.

Racial gangs

“Race is everything. I mean really everything,” says Jerry Metcalf, convicted of manslaughter and possession of a weapon. - In the dining room, whites sit in one corner, blacks in the other. Whites are cut by a white barber, blacks by a black one. The 1950s are still here - I mean, we only share drinking fountains. […] The only difference is that whites behind bars are often in the minority.”

Finding himself, deservedly or not, at the mercy of the American penitentiary system, the prisoner is faced with a cruel world, the population of which - more than 2.2 million people - is sometimes guided by the primitive laws of survival, strictly separating friends from strangers, and is not afraid to resort to violence.

It is known that in terms of the number of convicts, the United States is significantly ahead of other states and ranks first in the world in terms of the ratio of prisoners to the total number of citizens. In some states, there are more than a thousand prison inmates per 100,000 inhabitants, including children.

There are many reasons for this situation. Among them are overly strict laws and long sentences. It sometimes takes decades to get out of prison, and people have to adapt. The most obvious solution for many is joining a gang - and as a result, every tenth American prisoner is a member of one or another organized criminal group.

Almost 40 percent of the population of American prisons are African Americans, despite the fact that in the whole country they are only 13 percent. According to 2010 data, for every 100 thousand adult American citizens, there are 678 white male prisoners, 4.3 thousand blacks and 1.7 thousand - Hispanic origin.

Brother for brother

Prison gangs in the United States are strictly separated by skin color. This is an echo of former oppression - almost all the largest gangs were formed in the 60s of the last century. Then the state decided to end segregation in prisons and began to keep prisoners together, regardless of race. But racism hasn't gone away. Prisoners expect “their own” to be ready to help in a conflict situation, and those who do not provide this assistance are deprived of support and become victims themselves. In one way or another, the majority of convicts are drawn into racial violence.

Divided among themselves without the help of the state, the criminals formed associations of many thousands with a rich history of cooperation and enmity - not branches of gangs operating on the other side of the prison fence, but fundamentally new structures that affect the lives of their members outside the penitentiary system. In each prison, gangs seize territories, mark them with their signs and divide the market for illegal goods and services. Against this background, there are real wars between them with mass clashes and murders. Group leaders are deservedly considered brilliant managers - despite all the efforts of the prison guard, they manage to manage the most complex processes. As a rule, they communicate with subordinates using encrypted letters on very small pieces of paper.

The Atlantic journalist Graham Wood shared his observation of the impending prisoner brawl: “At first it seems that we see how these intimidating men - tattooed killers, robbers and drug dealers - randomly walk around the yard. Some are stopped and searched by guards, after which they, having adjusted their clothes, continue to breathe fresh air. The first Hispanic comes to the concrete table, sits down and waits. The black prisoner goes to the horizontal bars and carefully looks at the walkers. The white guy, going out into the yard, immediately goes to the third point, near the basketball court. Another Latin American takes another table. Gradually it becomes obvious that they follow the tactics: each of them takes a place for his own.

When several dozen prisoners gather in three groups in the yard, the guards also huddle in a group and retreat to the fence. Describing what is happening in the yard, Wood writes that the criminals “move in such a coordinated and organized manner, as if they were obeying the instructions of invisible traffic lights.” “There are about thirty knives in this yard right now,” the security officer tells the journalist. “They hide them in the anus.”

Homemade knives are the main weapon in prison wars. Despite the fact that the administration severely punishes those who manufacture and store weapons, the convicts continue to sharpen. They are also not afraid to use them, despite the possible extension of the term - many gang members have already been sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2007, a massacre took place in Pelican Bay, as a result of which several dozen people were injured. Thanks to the efforts of guards and doctors, only one prisoner did not survive among the wounded, and the administration confiscated 89 units of home-made weapons - sharpeners and clubs.

Diversity of cultures

African-American gangs in prisons are often just cells of "traditional" street organized crime groups such as Bloods and Crips, warring among themselves on the basis of old strife and redistribution of drug markets. But there are exceptions, and they are significant: a prison group called "Black Guerrilla Family"(Black Guerilla Family) is built primarily on ideological principles. Founded in 1966 by George Jackson of the Black Panthers, members of this gang define their ideals as "African-American Marxism-Leninism" and see the fight against racism and the black revolution in the United States as their goals. The symbol of the organization was chosen as a black dragon clutching a prison guard in its claws against the backdrop of a watchtower.

Hispanics, mostly Mexicans, gang up in US prisons "Mexican mafia"(also known as "La Aimé") and "Nuestra Familia" which means "our family" in Spanish. These gangs, like African Americans, originated in California and identify each other by their blue and red clothing. They are waging the longest criminal war in the history of the United States, which began with the theft of shoes by one gangster from another in 1968. At the same time, Nuestra Familia's allies are left-wing Africans from the Black African Family, and on the side of the Mexican Mafia are white Nazis from "Aryan Brotherhood".

Both groups are mostly made up of Chicanos - Hispanic nationalists - and accept whites into their ranks, while other Hispanics are more likely to join the so-called "Texas Syndicate", more closed to representatives of other ethnic groups.

Ethnicity, of course, is also important for white organized crime groups: as a rule, they are united by the idea of ​​racial superiority. The most famous group called "Aryan Brotherhood" formed in the same San Quentin prison in California where the Black Guerrilla Family was founded - initially white prisoners banded together to protect against black radicals, but soon surpassed them in cruelty. Now the gang is called the most authoritative and cruel in America. According to the principle “we let in blood - we let out blood”, in order to enter it, a candidate must attack a guard or a prisoner of another race, and can only exit posthumously.

At the moment, the "Brotherhood" unites more than 20 thousand criminals across the country. This is less than 0.1 percent of all prisoners, however, according to , the gang is responsible for about one in five murders committed inside the US prison system. Its members are identified by tattoos with Nazi symbols, clover and the number "666" - they deny Christianity and mostly profess Scandinavian neo-paganism.

Neither the great goal of black liberation nor the belief in the superiority of the Aryan race prevent prison gangs from making money. Contract killings, extortion, racketeering, arms trafficking, the production and distribution of hard drugs - for each of the above gangs, these are everyday sources of income and a key part of daily activities both in prison and outside it. The ideas of racial solidarity, with which these associations began, have long become a kind of facade for the standard activities characteristic of organized crime groups around the world.

Racist system

Systemic racism, which once spawned racial gangs, is perhaps almost gone from American society as a whole - but still lives in the penitentiary system. In 2016, The New York Times magazine published a Prison Discipline Study that looked at almost 60,000 disciplinary actions in 54 New York state prisons.

After receiving the results, the authors stated that prisoners from ethnic minorities, especially blacks, face not only everyday manifestations of prejudice, but also prejudices built into prison institutions. According to them, black criminals are punished on average 30 percent more often than white ones. At the same time, the probability of getting a term in a punishment cell, where a criminal spends 23 hours a day in complete solitude, is 65 percent higher for blacks. At the same time, the average length of stay in isolation for whites is 90 days, and for blacks - 125.

Days spent in solitary confinement are not just a psychologically difficult punishment. During this time, the prisoner may not participate in educational or therapeutic programs designed to help him return to a normal life after prison. Thus, those who do not cope with their behavior move in a "descending spiral" of disciplinary violations and punishments, and their chances for correction are reduced. In addition, a large number of penalties reduces the likelihood of an early release from prison - for the same crime, blacks spend an average of 10 percent more time behind bars.

During the year, black prisoners in the state of New York received 1,144 sentences in a punishment cell lasting more than 180 days. Whites were punished just as severely only 226 times. One might think that these data have nothing to do with racial prejudice - the reason for the poor discipline of African American criminals may be that, on average, they are much younger than representatives of other groups. However, some evidence does confirm that racism plays a role here.

There is a skew in punishments for blacks in almost all types of disciplinary violations. But, characteristically, it manifests itself most of all in the fact that the words of the guard are enough to prove guilt. In some prisons, African-Americans are punished twice as often as whites for "disobedience to orders", and sometimes this wording can hide, for example, that the prisoner did not get out of the shower quickly enough when he was kicked out by a prison officer.

black guests

Another proof that the difference in attitudes grows out of prejudice can be considered the results of comparisons between different prisons. Prisoners are evenly distributed throughout the state's state prisons, while representatives of different races in the United States are by no means evenly distributed: blacks are much more represented in densely populated cities, and white Americans live around them, in a ring of suburbs. They mainly inhabit small towns in rural areas - and work in prisons located there.

Such, for example, is the Clinton Correctional Facility near the Canadian border: of the 998 prison employees, as of 2016, only one belonged to an ethnic minority. There is almost no non-white population in the surrounding villages, and black prisoners are often the only African Americans that the guards know. The New York Times reports the words of the prisoners of this prison: they complain that they are subjected to racial slurs from the moment they cross the threshold. And, of course, this is where the difference between races in disciplinary action is one of the highest in the state.

In 2018, the People's Policy Project think tank published a study that debunked the "racial" explanation for inequality in the population of American prisons. After analyzing data on the race and income of prisoners, sociologist Nathaniel Lewis concluded that the main factor in stratification is not skin color, but the economic stratum to which the prisoner belongs.

White Americans are roughly evenly represented in all five conventional classes, while 40 percent of US blacks are in the bottom class, 20 percent are in the penultimate income class, and only about 8 percent are in the upper class. In addition, the vast majority of African American prisoners do not have a high school diploma.

Depending on the criterion - the probability of going to jail after arrest and the probability of imprisonment as such, the duration of imprisonment for more than a month and more than a year - the difference between blacks and whites is overlapped by the difference between poor and rich by at least half or even almost entirely: from 53.7 to 84 .8 percent.

The authors of the study, however, are sure that racism plays a significant role here: the capitalist system itself, in their opinion, discriminates against blacks. According to their conclusions, the racial problem of American prisons should be solved by a humane socialist economy, and this would certainly please both members of the Black Guerrilla Family, Black Lives Matter African American rights activists, and everyone else who is convinced of the deep injustice of capitalism that exists in American society.

About how prisoners interact with each other, how they build a shadow economy and how much marijuana can be bought for one package of canned mackerel - in the next material.

It would seem that what can be compared in its emotions with a trip to Antarctica? Muscovite Julius Apryatin visited the southernmost continent, about which "". And yet there were places that did not yield to the world of snow and ice - Brazil and Argentina. About a trip to Latin America - in a new traveler's story.

Having gathered a large group of friends, in early January we went on a two-week tour of two countries in Latin America. The route was as follows: first, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), from there to the most beautiful waterfalls in the world - Iguazu, then mountain fishing in Argentine Barelochi and at the end of the trip - the capital of this country, Buenos Aires.

God's city

During the flight, as political information, we reviewed two chic films: "City of God", which tells about life in the favelas, and "Elite Squad" with Wagner Moura in the title role (he is known to many for the role of Escobar in the TV series Narcos), also tells about the favelas and their cleansing before the visit of the Pope in 1997.

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So, no one knows the exact population of Rio. More precisely, they do not know how to count it correctly. About 6.5 million people officially live in the city itself, plus 6 million favela residents, who literally besieged Rio in a tight ring. This knowledge alone is enough to understand: the city is extremely unsafe. It is highly recommended to leave all valuables in the hotel safe before the walk. And it's not reinsurance. We met our compatriots, whose chain was torn off on the beach in the morning and their wedding ring was taken away with a knife.

We lived in the historic Copacabana Palace Hotel, built in 1923 and located on the Copacabana beach of the same name. If you look at the hotel from the ocean, you can see that just two or three streets inland, favelas already begin. Therefore, this beach is one of the most unsafe in the city. And if you are not a fan of the movie "Flight to Rio", then it is better to just go to the hotel for a cocktail, and stay in a safer place for walking.

For example, close to the beaches of Ipanema and Leblon. They are much safer, more civilized and surrounded by almost European streets with incredibly cozy restaurants, bars, clubs and a huge lake with a large walking area. A truly beautiful Rio can only be called when you look at it from a bird's eye view or from a mountain called Sugar Loaf.

In my opinion, this is a must visit place. From there, the most incredible and fantastic views of the metropolis, luxurious beaches, bays, and the bay open up. You can walk and admire the city for hours. But as soon as you go down - the mirage disappears. The city is quite poor, the ocean is invigoratingly cold most of the time, and the beaches are very crowded. Yes, and it’s better to go there only in swimming trunks, leaving the top brands for the pool at the hotel, otherwise there is a chance to return naked.

It is never possible to completely relax in Rio. You feel under siege all the time. It seems that you are in a relatively civilized center, but on the other hand, it is worth raising your head and around in the mountains, wherever you look - favelas, where the drug mafia rules, and there are about as many weapons in their hands as people live in the city.

Moreover, one must understand that far from bandits live in the favelas, but for the most part the most ordinary people who work here in bars, restaurants, hotels, schools. And for whom nightly shooting is a common occurrence. And if you consider that wars for influence periodically begin between the bosses of the favelas, then the life of these poor fellows is extremely depressing and dangerous.

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Our friend wanted to go on a tour there, but the war between the factions was just in full swing, so all the guides, even those living in the favelas, flatly refused to accompany him. Say, we survive there, but we cannot ensure the safety of strangers. In the evenings, so that some tipsy tourist in search of an adrenaline trip does not wander into a dangerous area, checkpoints are organized at the entrances to the favelas: there are cars with flashing lights on and police with machine guns.

Under the supervision of Christ

The statue of Christ the Redeemer towers majestically above the city - a visiting card not only of Rio de Janeiro, but also of Brazil. Its height is 38 meters, it is located at the highest point of Rio. Despite the fact that the statue was built, including with money, consecrated by Pope Paul IV, and representatives and Patriarch Kirill personally repeatedly held divine services and prayers around her, she never received divine protection, and lightning regularly hits her, at least four times a year. As a result, the Catholic diocese is forced to store a supply of stone for restoration.

The trip to the statue is one of the most tiring activities that takes several hours. First, a long queue for tickets, then a long wait for your time, and only after that - climbing uphill on a very old railway. After losing about three hours, you go out to a small area, a few hundred meters away, packed with tourists who, in various strange poses, are trying to push the neighbors aside with all parts of the body and take a “unique” selfie or photo session with them in the palm of your hand.

I was not in Rio during the annual carnival, but we were also a little lucky - right in front of the hotel on Copacabana beach there was a tournament of 13 samba schools. The city just "exploded" that evening. I saw such a number of drunk, happy and dancing people only a couple of times in Moscow after the victory of our team over Holland and Spain in 2008 and 2018.

After spending three days in Rio de Janeiro, we rushed on. We made all the flights with Brazilian and Argentinean airlines, and this was also a kind of attraction. When you see square windows on an airplane, you understand that not only the Copacabana Palace is imbued with the spirit of history, but airplanes too.

rumbling border

The Iguazu Falls (275 of them) are one of the largest in the world and are recognized as one of the seven natural wonders of the world. They are located on the border of Brazil and Argentina in the Iguazu National Park. And if you have enough time, then you need to look at them from both sides. We spent two days at the falls. Immediately upon arrival, we visited the Brazilian side. We only spent a couple of hours walking around it. But from the Argentine side, the view is much cooler, so we spent the whole next day there.

You find yourself in an incredible fairy tale, walking along different paths and suspension bridges, constantly opening incredible views of the waterfalls, coming close to the cliffs and admiring the power of the discharged water in one of the largest waterfalls in the world "Devil's Throat" (in Spanish Garganta del Diablo). It is taller than Niagara Falls and second in width only to Victoria Falls in Africa. Well, how was it possible to do without an impressive boat trip with a stop under the waterfalls themselves?!

Fishing, trout and… Barack Obama

Our next destination was San Carlos de Bariloche, a city in the Argentine part of Patagonia. Four and a half hours with a transfer in Buenos Aires, and you are in Bariloche - this is the local Switzerland, known for its ski resorts, lakes, rivers, beaches, delicious restaurants and golf courses.

Shortly before our arrival, former US President Barack Obama visited here, and for the same purpose as we did - fishing. Residents still remember Obama not too kindly. Say, because of him, roads were blocked, huge traffic jams formed, there were agents of national security everywhere, and it all looked more like the occupation of Bariloche by the States.

Our choice fell on the incredibly beautiful Llao Llao Hotel, where the former US President also stayed. The hotel is entirely made of wood and is located on the shore of a mountain lake, and its interior is reminiscent of the Twin Peaks series. It seemed that now an agent would come forward with a cup of coffee and blurt out something witty like: "The only thing that Columbus discovered is that he got lost."

Here we joined our friends from California, thanks to whom we learned about this amazing place, and who helped organize everything. On the first day we had planned fishing on a mountain river. We split into twos, sat in high chairs on boats (one at the bow and one at the stern), each of which was driven by a local instructor, and during the rafting we threw a spinning rod in the hope of catching river trout. I must say that it was purely a sporting interest. The license for this fishing assumed that we were obliged to release all the caught fish back into the river, which we honestly did.

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On the second day we moved to fish on the largest mountain lake in Argentina. It is located on the border between the provinces of Neuquen and Rio Negro in northern Patagonia, and it has a strange name for our ears, Nahuel Huapi, which means “Island of the Jaguar” in the Araucan Indian language. The day was already more fishy, ​​but not sporty at all.

We lowered the spinners to different depths and slowly floated along the lake, drinking wine and admiring the fantastic views of the mountains. From the place we got up, only to pull out the caught fish. As a result, our catch was four trout, each weighing from two to three kilograms. Having landed on the island, we immediately roasted the entire catch on the coals and ate it with pleasure.

Import substitution, fountains and… favelas again

The next point of our program was the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires. The impressions of the city left very ambiguous. It has luxurious districts like Ricoletto with elegant houses and porters at the entrance, and very poor areas, and real favelas, where the local police, patrolling the slums, organize private tours. The city is beautiful, but in the strongest decline. Several districts are reminiscent of Paris or Madrid in their architecture. Stylish and beautiful, but you always feel that this is a former luxury.

During the summer, all the fountains in the city are turned off, otherwise the poor population of the city occupies them and turns them into large baths and laundry areas, and all the monuments and numerous lawns are behind three-meter fences. Otherwise, slums instantly begin to appear on any free area of ​​​​the lawn, which are demolished by the police at night, but the next day everything repeats all over again.

Dogs are popular in Buenos Aires. People walking their four-legged friends are everywhere, but for some reason the culture of cleaning up after animals does not exist. Because of this, you always have to look at your feet. Even in elite areas. For me, every city has a clear association with smells. So after the rain, Buenos Aires smells of dog waste - in this regard, the capital left not the best memories for me. And in the recent past, residents of the capital's houses left garbage in bags at the entrances, which also did not add pleasant aromas to the city.

Many years ago, in order to boost the economy and create new jobs in Argentina, 100% import substitution of almost all goods was introduced. As a result, almost everything that is sold in Argentina is also produced there. From cars to household appliances, phones and food. As it turned out, the Argentines were simply not able to replace the Japanese, Chinese and Koreans, so that in just a few years of “local” production of world brand products, the quality dropped catastrophically, and local residents began to carry kettles, irons, TVs and other electronics from trips in bales.

The new president repealed this law, which turned out to be barbaric for the country, but two years passed, and only in some relatively expensive shops for the average population began to appear foreign goods.

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Most economy class cars are assembled at local factories, and there are practically no expensive cars on the roads. If you see, for example, a Porsche, then you understand that its owner is a very rich person, since taxes on cars collected outside the country can reach up to 300 percent. Another interesting fact: there are no car washes in Buenos Aires. You can wash the car only in disadvantaged areas with people with dirty rags and buckets of muddy liquid.

But the mayor's office is afraid to give licenses to open professional car washes, as this may spur poor areas to protest. After all, for many it is the only source of livelihood. And if earlier a whole stream of immigrants went to Argentina from many parts of the world, now, due to the daily deteriorating economic situation, poverty and lack of jobs, there is an outflow of the population.

Meat and wine

A few years ago, I would have rated Argentinean meat as excellent. And the imagination drew endless steakhouses with luxurious Black Angus and delicious Malbec. For a week in Argentina, we ate more than a dozen steaks in a variety of places - from expensive well-known restaurants to steakhouses recommended by locals, and the impression was twofold.

If we compare our premium meat brands, they are not only not inferior to Argentinean meat with history, but for my personal taste, they are even superior. Yes, and the same empanadas (Argentine pies with various fillings) in Moscow-Argentine restaurants are cooked tastier.

But the wine was amazing. Argentine wines that are supplied to Russia are quite primitive. In Argentina itself, there are a lot of chic red and white wines, and their price averages about $20 per bottle in stores and about $50 in restaurants.

Alas, after buying a license, shipping, renting a warehouse and other expenses, the price of such wine in Moscow can be five to six thousand rubles, and this is already a premium line of French and Italian producers - hardly anyone in Russia will buy it for that kind of money. That's why we never drank really cool Argentine wine.

After spending three days in Buenos Aires and one more night on the way back to Rio, we returned to Moscow in January to take a breath and set off across China with a visit to Zhangjiajie, one of the most beautiful national parks where the movie Avatar was filmed.

It's no secret that the time of change of government of any country is the hardest time in the history of the state. As a rule, lawlessness, anarchy and crime flourish at this time. Russia is no exception. Criminal gangs and gangster phrases of the 90s are a whole era in the history of our country, which has left its indelible mark on our lives.

How did it happen?

What was the reason for such a rapid development of criminal slang and its penetration into the masses? In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet system, our country began active interaction with Western culture. New words and phrases began to appear, previously completely unknown to the Soviet people. New Russia and its people began to change beyond recognition. A new caste appeared - gloomy guys in crimson jackets on six hundredth Mercedes, who actively interacted with the population in every sense of the word. As a result, stable expressions from the criminal world began to penetrate into society. Today's youth uses a lot of words, but where they came from and what they originally meant, they rarely think. Have you ever wondered where the expressions you use come from?

Winged bandit phrases

The new caste of the new Russia became more and more extensive, recruiting more and more new members into its ranks. Understanding the language of bandits became a necessity for every citizen of Russia in the nineties. The slang of that time covered all spheres of life - from love to alcohol. Sometimes the meaning of a certain phrase could be guessed, and sometimes not. Here is a list of some bandit phrases of the time:

• to body (to interfere with alcoholic drinks);
• arrival (state after drug use);
• blue (alcohol);
• barrel (weapon or a bottle of vodka);
• pussy (beautiful girl);
• cat (women's favorite);
• mare, goat, crocodile (ugly woman);
• profura (girl of easy virtue);
• werewolf (womanizer);
• kent (friend);
• rotten bazaars (bad talk);
• paraffin (slander);
• stray guest performer (alien);
• for fun (for the sake of laughter);
• to boil (to be indignant);
• redeem (expose, understand);
• shnyr (servant);
• bullshit push (lie);
• drive (go to conflict);
• devil (prisoner, not respected by cellmates);
• hut (camera or house);
• bashlyat (pay);
• catch up (understand);
• does not channel (does not work, does not pass);
• otmaz (justification);
• show-off (empty talk, not supported by actions);
• zhigan (daring, desperate criminal).

As can be seen from the above list, any word and phenomenon can be synonymous with a criminal sphere. The reason for such a dense penetration of criminal slang into everyday life is quite obvious - during the years of repression, many of our compatriots were in concentration camps. So their life was in full swing, there were special orders. This could not but leave a mark in the history of Russia.

Nineties slang now

In the youth environment, expressions are often heard, the origin of which those who use them do not think or even guess. The word "thump", for example, definitely has a criminal history. The well-known word "squirrel" (by analogy with delirium tremens) also arose in places not so remote. The word "bodyazhit" in our time is used not only in relation to alcohol. We can easily say about the soy sauce in the rolls we ordered that it is "body-dated", that is, diluted with water.

Banditry is cool? The cult of Sasha Bely

"Brother", "Blind Man's Buff", "About Freaks and People", "Sisters", "Brigada" and "Boomer" - a whole generation of people who are now 20 to 30 years old have grown up on these films and serials. The cinema of dashing times in bright colors reflects the reality of that time - gang wars, shootings in the streets, prostitution and a Russian man who was attacked by freedom and the West, which he dreamed of, but did not really understand what to do with them.

Poverty mixed with permissiveness is the quintessence of the nineties of the last century; bandit phrases "with meaning" - what the boys quoted in the yards. Perhaps that is why the level of culture among today's youth has fallen significantly, and the level of crime has increased.

But there is still something that can be done. If each of us will develop culturally and follow our speech, then perhaps Russia will regain its former greatness. Why blame the state and politicians for all the troubles and hardships - maybe it's better for us to start small? Say not "woman", but "woman"? Shall we try?

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1. It's not that I'm aggressive, but I never wait to be hit.
2. I respect strength, but I hate show-offs.
3. In principle, you can send me, but then you should not be offended.
4. There are friends out of boredom, and there are friends forever.
5. If you feel too cool driving a foreign car, I can help you get down to earth.
6. Seriously, this is when coffee and cigarettes no longer help.
7. The jackal is not a mammoth: it will not die out on its own.
8. Being alone on time is just as important as making good friends.
9. Drinking is harmful, boring life is even worse.
10. I am strong because I am not afraid to appear weak.
11. I was not an excellent student, I was not diligent, but few people know: a thief can be gentle.
12. I'm not sad, I just never hide the truth.
13. No matter how many years pass, the bandit will definitely keep everything in his heart.
14. A bandit is like a mirror: what you give him, he will tell you.
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