{"id":272327,"date":"2025-08-26T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-organised-crime-shapes-the-russian-state-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:00:21","slug":"how-organised-crime-shapes-the-russian-state-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-organised-crime-shapes-the-russian-state-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How organised crime shapes the Russian state | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/E8R4MIswrdM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How organised crime shapes the Russian state | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8R4MIswrdM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>As the war in Ukraine drags on, some analysts believe the Kremlin is holding out for more gains on the battlefield. But beneath the surface, a darker force may be shaping Russia\u2019s strategy \u2014 organised crime. Criminologist Federico Varese, an expert on Russia\u2019s criminal underworld, says the chaos of war has reawakened powerful networks that could be influencing Kremlin decisions. A Professor at Sciences Po in Paris and senior research fellow at Nuffield College in Oxford, his latest book, Russia in Four Criminals, explores the deep and murky ties between politics and the mob.<\/p>\n<p>#russiaukrainewar #russia #organizedcrime <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the war in Ukraine drags on, some analysts believe the Kremlin is holding out for more gains on the battlefield. 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Criminologist Federico Varese, an expert on Russia\u2019s criminal underworld, says the chaos of war has reawakened powerful networks that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":272328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[146831,129218,128834],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-272327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-drags","tag-some","tag-ukraine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How organised crime shapes the Russian state | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch How organised crime shapes the Russian state | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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