During "privatization," the period when the government put everything from the great oil and gas giants to bhotels/b in downtown Moscow up for sale, organized crime and the Russian government continued their mutually beneficial relationship b...../b According to FBI interviews with Ivankov's gang, Yakov "Billy Bombs"bVolovnik/b, a nervous cokehead, who had a prior conviction for his role in a Russian mob jewelry theft ring, pleaded with Ivankov for funds to hire a decent attorney ...
