Between Economy and the State: Private Security and Rule Enforcement in Russia

In: Politics & society, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 483-501

Abstract

This article explores how the segments of the state police & security organs were transformed into a large private security industry in Russia after 1992. As market reforms were launched, the numbers of private property owners grew dramatically, but the state institutions for the protection of property & dispute settlements were either absent or defunct. This gap was consequently filled with various private institutions, private protection companies, & private security services being the major ones. The article studies the context of their emergence, their functions & practices as well as their relations with the state & the criminal sector. 1 Table, 1 Figure. Adapted from the source document.