‘An exciting, fast-paced course in the history of organised crime in Russia, Thieves by Law bursts with information on the creation and transformation of the Mob over the past six decades.’

By turns hilarious and horrific, this extraordinary film offers a shockingly frank account of Russian gangsterism as told by the high-living criminal elite themselves. As a trio of criminal bosses are interviewed in opulent Mediterranean villas, expensive restaurants and luxury hotels, together they paint a picture of the modern Russian mafia as legitimized, rather than organised crime. Followed by an expert panel talk.