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Il fotografo Denis Tarasov ha dedicato una serie di fotografie alle lapidi che a Ekaterinburg ed in altre città dell’ex Unione Sovietica commemorano discussi personaggi legati alla Mafia russia. Ne parlano il Guardian e l’Huffington Post coi loro servizî fotografici.

Its been nearly two decades since the so-called Mafia Wars began in Russia and its neighboring states, but it’s almost impossible to forget the specific mixture of decadence and violence that reigned supreme. One need only to trek through a local graveyard to wax nostalgia and remember the days of kneecapping and protection rings. The extravagant tombstones that lay untouched in cities like Yekaterinburg, Russia and Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine stand as monuments to the tumultuous period.