Bill Stewart

Bratva The Iron Fist of The East (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Introduction: Cold Brotherhood

Moscow. December 25, 1991.
The wind bit like betrayal.

The streets around the Kremlin were quieter than usual tense, waiting, as if the whole city held its breath. Above Red Square, the red banner of the Soviet Union flapped one last time in the frozen wind. At 7:32 p.m., it was lowered from the Kremlin tower. Seventy-four years of empire ended with a whisper, not a war.

But power doesn't vanish. It mutates.

As the Western world cheered the fall of Communism, Russia's underworld stepped forwardquietly, efficiently, without mercy. The men who ruled with ideology had fallen. Now came the men who ruled with brotherhood, black cash, and blood oaths.

The Bratva had been waiting.

You see, the Russian Mafia didn't begin in the '90s. It began long before the Cold War ended. It was born in the frostbitten barracks of Stalin's gulags, carved into skin with ink and razor blades. These were men forged under pressureprisoners, smugglers, war profiteers, thieves-in-law. They lived by a code older than the state and enforced it with a violence that made even the KGB take notice.

When the iron curtain fell, they didn't scramble for power. They already had it. And when the West arrived with open markets and naïve ideals, the Bratva moved in with knives hidden behind handshakes.

This isn't a story of gangsters.
This is a story of shadows replacing governments.
This is the Bratva.

In these pages, we'll trace the arc of Russia's most feared criminal brotherhoodsfrom their roots in Soviet exile, to their rise through chaos, and into their chilling modern-day empire. These aren't just men with guns. They are economists, hackers, political whisperers. They shape economies, destabilise democracies, and vanish into the system like smoke in Siberian wind.

And through three explosive cases, you'll see how the Bratva didn't just survive history.

They rewrote it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: bill Stewart
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798232770150
• Artikelnr.: 75964448

Autorenporträt

About Bill Stewart. `

About the Author

Bill Stewart spent an incredible 42 years at sea, navigating the world's oceans and gathering stories from the many adventures that a life at sea provides.

Having spent over four decades at sea, rising from boy seaman to naval auditor and marine accident investigator. He's witnessed storms, disasters, and shipwrecks first hand experiences that forged his meticulous, investigative approach to storytelling.

Today, Bill turns that investigator's eye to true crime and historical mysteries, uncovering forgotten murders and unsolved cases from history's shadows. His books blend deep research with human insight, giving voice to stories long buried in dusty archives and cold case files.

Based on the Scottish coast, Bill writes with coffee at hand and the sea on his doorstep still chasing answers to history's darkest questions.

With twenty five independently published books to his name, Bill Stewart continues to explore compelling stories often missed by the mainstream. Discover more about his work and delve into his extensive catalogue of titles at .

You can find my books through Draft2Digital, which has distributed my work to book stores worldwide, including Barnes & Noble and many others.
Thank you for taking the time to explore my journey. I invite you to dive into my world of storytelling."