Since World War II, Russian mobsters have traded prison cells for battlefields
“I like watching historical films,” said the Wolf, a middle-aged ex-convict who wished to remain anonymous. “I don’t watch all those films where the hero shoots 100 people, because I've been shot—in the head, in the chest—so I know what it’s like.” “Stabbed, too,” he continued. “They wanted me under their banner, and I told them to f--- off, so they shot me in the head but didn't kill me. I came back and shot all those f---ers.” The ex-convict’s nickname comes from a wolf tattoo on one of his forearms. “A wolf is a wild animal; he doesn’t obey or answer ...
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