From Gulags to England’s factory – continuing struggle of Baltic workers

The Guardian / 40 min

The gangsters on England’s doorstep

“The speed with which Russia and its satellite countries had been opened up to the market after the Soviet collapse – dismantling the command economy before any safety nets were set up, privatising resources before any civic and democratic institutions had developed – created a huge gap between the wealthiest and the rest of the population.As the communist state disappeared, organised crime flourished, while the wider economy floundered”.