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In the 1930s, Russian criminal castes began to emerge, such as the Masti (suits) and the Vor v Zakone (rus. Вор в Законе) or Blatnye (authoritative thieves), and with that a tattoo culture to define rank and reputation. Up until World War II, any tattoo could denote a professional criminal, the only exception being tattoos on sailors. [1]
The Mark of Cain examines every aspect of the tattooing, from the actual creation of the tattoo ink, interviews with the tattooers and soberly looks at the double-edged sword of prison tattoos. In many ways, they were needed to survive brutal Russian prisons, but mark the prisoner for life, which complicates any readmission to "normal" society ...
N. Banerjee wrote in 1992 for The Wall Street Journal about tattoos in Russian prisons: "...the pain does deter even the most macho convict from covering his body, all at once, with meaningful pictures. Tattoos are created by instilling pigment in the skin with thousands of needle pricks.
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The Ukrainian forces say they arrested the "traitor" for supplying Russia with secrets about her husband's unit fighting in eastern Ukraine.
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The grisly images of battered bodies left out in the open or hastily buried led to calls for tougher sanctions against the Kremlin, namely a cutoff of fuel imports from Russia.
President-Elect Donald Trump’s controversial Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth is a war veteran, double Ivy Leaguer, a two-time Bronze Star recipient – and is covered in tattoos.