Bratva is a Russian language slang term also used in Ukraine for Russian, Ukrainian and other Eastern European organized crime groups. The name is Russian language, meaning "brotherhood" or "brothers", in reference to Bratva mobsters. Other slang synonyms for "Bratva" are ''Kentovka'' and ''Semiya'' ("Family") in other parts of Russia, particularly the far eastern regions of the former Soviet Union. In addition to extortion and other racketeering many of the Bratva act as arms dealers, specificly the Yekaterinburg based Tscentralnaya Bratva (Downtown Broterhood) as well as St. Petersburg groups such as Kazanskaya Bratva (Brotherhood of Kazan) and the Solntsevskaya (Solntsevo Brotherhood) and Podolskaya (Podolsk Brotherhood) Bratvas in Moscow. ==Events== In February 2000 Bratva member Natan Gozman was extradited from Poland to the United States and convicted for the 1995 abduction and murder of Russian boxer Sergei Kobozev. Viktor Yanukovych, the incumbent in the recent Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 which has been marred with significant vote fraud, has been accused of being associated with the Ukrainian Bratva. ==External links== *[http://www.bratok.com BRATVA Common Sites, Inc.] (In Russian) *[http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/international/russian.html National Institute of Justice - Russian Organized Crime in America] by James O. Finckenauer Organized crime terminology Organized crime groups
For a May 2005 deletion debate over this page see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Bratva ---- People, wait with your movement! Give me a month for expanding. User:AlexPU ::Good, the article is growing but I do not understand why is it mentioned as primarily Ukrainian, it's Russian term for gangsters, and I did not know before that it was used in Ukraine. User:Gnomz007 20:23, 22 May 2005 (UTC) ::Hello, it's not Ukrainian it's Russian, please, don't get me wrong, but stating that it is "Ukrainian term for Ukrainaian mafia" is just incorrect, it is a term used in Russia and Ukraine, it's just what you may hear it in your own context(like accusations against Yanukovych), while I keep hearing about 'Питерская братва' (mafia of St.Petersburg), 'местная братва' (local mafia), etcetera ad nauseum. User:Gnomz007 00:31, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) :::From what I know I believe it is of Ukranian origin (much like the Mafia from Sicily or the Neopolitan Camorra in Italy) although is a branch of Russian organized crime from the Soviet Union. User:64.12.116.197 21:58, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) ::::Bratva is an old Russian term for "camaraderie". Its bandit usage came into circulation only in late Soviet Union. By no means it is a "branch". In any case, this usage is a neologism in Russian and the usage is not stabilized. In many cases I am aware, bratva specifically refers to bands involved in violent business, like extrotion, "protection" (from extortion by other bandits) called ''krysha'' ("Roof" in Russian), etc. the current article is very naive, but I don't have enough knowledge to fix it: I am more than 10 years behind the developments in former Soviet Union. user:mikkalai user talk:mikkalai 22:36, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) ::I sorted it to because the first line says "Bratva is a Ukrainian term ...". Feel free to both restub it to and fix the first line. --User:ScottDavis 09:10, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Bratva is a Russian language slang term also used in Ukraine for Russian, Ukrainian and other Eastern European organized crime groups. The name is Russian language, meaning "brotherhood" or "brothers", in reference to Bratva mobsters. Other slang synonyms for "Bratva" are ''Kentovka'' and ''Semiya'' ("Family") in other parts of Russia, particularly the far eastern regions of the former Soviet Union. In addition to extortion and other racketeering many of the Bratva act as arms dealers, specificly the Yekaterinburg based Tscentralnaya Bratva (Downtown Broterhood) as well as St. Petersburg groups such as Kazanskaya Bratva (Brotherhood of Kazan) and the Solntsevskaya (Solntsevo Brotherhood) and Podolskaya (Podolsk Brotherhood) Bratvas in Moscow. ==Events== In February 2000 Bratva member Natan Gozman was extradited from Poland to the United States and convicted for the 1995 abduction and murder of Russian boxer Sergei Kobozev. Viktor Yanukovych, the incumbent in the recent Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 which has been marred with significant vote fraud, has been accused of being associated with the Ukrainian Bratva. ==External links== *[http://www.bratok.com BRATVA Common Sites, Inc.] (In Russian) *[http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/international/russian.html National Institute of Justice - Russian Organized Crime in America] by James O. Finckenauer Organized crime terminology Organized crime groups
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For a May 2005 deletion debate over this page see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Bratva ---- People, wait with your movement! Give me a month for expanding. User:AlexPU ::Good, the article is growing but I do not understand why is it mentioned as primarily Ukrainian, it's Russian term for gangsters, and I did not know before that it was used in Ukraine. User:Gnomz007 20:23, 22 May 2005 (UTC) ::Hello, it's not Ukrainian it's Russian, please, don't get me wrong, but stating that it is "Ukrainian term for Ukrainaian mafia" is just incorrect, it is a term used in Russia and Ukraine, it's just what you may hear it in your own context(like accusations against Yanukovych), while I keep hearing about 'Питерская братва' (mafia of St.Petersburg), 'местная братва' (local mafia), etcetera ad nauseum. User:Gnomz007 00:31, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) :::From what I know I believe it is of Ukranian origin (much like the Mafia from Sicily or the Neopolitan Camorra in Italy) although is a branch of Russian organized crime from the Soviet Union. User:64.12.116.197 21:58, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) ::::Bratva is an old Russian term for "camaraderie". Its bandit usage came into circulation only in late Soviet Union. By no means it is a "branch". In any case, this usage is a neologism in Russian and the usage is not stabilized. In many cases I am aware, bratva specifically refers to bands involved in violent business, like extrotion, "protection" (from extortion by other bandits) called ''krysha'' ("Roof" in Russian), etc. the current article is very naive, but I don't have enough knowledge to fix it: I am more than 10 years behind the developments in former Soviet Union. user:mikkalai user talk:mikkalai 22:36, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) ::I sorted it to because the first line says "Bratva is a Ukrainian term ...". Feel free to both restub it to and fix the first line. --User:ScottDavis 09:10, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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