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|style="font-size:1.1em;"| '' | |style="font-size:1.1em;"| ''Tamozhenniye l’goti'' refers to a practice in 1990s post-Soviet Russia, whereby certain ‘privileged’ charitable organisations were awarded the right by the federal government to import products – typically alcohol and tobacco – without paying excise duty. The practice can be seen as an instance of the ‘state capture’ that plagued Russian state institutions in the 1990s: the ability of private individuals and firms to extract preferential treatment from the state for little or nothing in return<ref name="frye">Frye, T. 2002. ‘Capture or Exchange? Business Lobbying in Russia’, Europe-Asia Studies, | ||
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Communist Russia’, in Ledeneva, Alena & Kurkchiyan, Marina (eds.), Economic Crime in | Communist Russia’, in Ledeneva, Alena & Kurkchiyan, Marina (eds.), Economic Crime in | ||
Russia, (London: Kluwer Law International): 43-61</ref>, and they bought | Russia, (London: Kluwer Law International): 43-61</ref>, and they bought | ||
themselves well-connected ‘roofs’ (''kryshi''), either through the law enforcement agencies or | themselves well-connected ‘roofs’ (''[[kryshi]]''), either through the law enforcement agencies or | ||
politicians and government officials<ref>Galeotti, M. 1998. ‘The Mafiya and the New Russia’, Australian Journal of Politics and | politicians and government officials<ref>Galeotti, M. 1998. ‘The Mafiya and the New Russia’, Australian Journal of Politics and | ||
History, 44(3): 415-429, pg. 424.</ref>. In short, the mafiya effectively | History, 44(3): 415-429, pg. 424.</ref>. In short, the mafiya effectively | ||