- A "thief in law" (or
thief with code, Russian: вор в зако́не, romanized: vor v zakone) in the
Soviet Union, the post-Soviet states, and
their respective...
- such as the
Masti (suits) and the Vor v
Zakone (rus. Вор в Законе) or
Blatnye (authoritative thieves), and with that a
tattoo culture to
define rank...