RUSSIA IS FULL OF MAFIA AND IT'S DANGEROUS HERE! I have read this at many places on the internet Is it true?

Many people have the feeling that Russia is a place filled with Mafia and it is dangerous, Well there is Mafia but their wild west are left in the 20th century. Nowadays its like any place in the world and Russia is not dangerous than else where.

People who know where to stay and keep away from "bad" places then you can be free as a normal visitor, If you are looking for bad stuffs like drug, illegal, or looking for real trouble then you can easliy fall in that, That is not the case only with Moscow it applies to every where in the world.

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