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In Episode 1 of 7, expert Mark Galeotti explores how Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 transformed the criminal underworld — disrupting decades of Russian-Ukrainian gang cooperation, forcing new trafficking routes, and reshuffling the balance of power between criminal networks. In this series: Leading Russia expert Mark Galeotti answers the key questions about Russian organised crime — from its structure and reach to how geopolitics is reshaping it. In this episode: Why Russian and Ukrainian gangs can no longer cooperate How heroin and contraband flows into Europe have shifted Which criminal networks are gaining power — and which are losing it The growing tensions reshaping the Russian criminal status quo Watch the full series: ▶ Ep. 1 — How Has the Russia-Ukraine War Affected Organised Crime? | Russian Organized Crime | Ep. 1 ▶ Ep. 2 — How Sanctions Chaos Fuels Russian Organised Crime | Russian Organised Crime Ep. 2 ▶ Ep. 3 — How War Veterans Could Fuel Russian Organised Crime | Russian Organized Crime | Ep. 3 ▶ Ep. 4 — Are Russia's 'Wild 90s' Returning? Crime, Veterans & Putin's Failure | Russian Organized Crime Ep. 4 ▶ Ep. 5 — How Is the War in Ukraine Fuelling Gun Crime in Russia? | Russian Organised Crime | Ep. 5 ▶ Ep. 6 — How Russia Uses Organised Crime to Bust Sanctions | Russian Organised Crime Ep. 6 ▶ Ep. 7 — How Russian Organized Crime at home and abroad have drifted apart | Russian Organized Crime Ep. 7