not really-------crime was the way of life-----petty theft, and ---corruption and bribery etc was
the way of life. ----everyone dealt with the black
market -----now and then. Theft was so prevalent that when people used common kitchens----they had pots with LOCKS on them. Factories making consumer products had a rate of loss
from pilfering-----which was expected. I know this stuff from Russians-----way back in 1965 my brother visited Russia-------he could barely walk around without being offered black market rate
rubles for his blue jeans
I will open you a little secret – I live in a post-Soviet country. I was very young when the USSR existed, but my parents and some other relatives remember that time. There were much less killings, robbery, drugs, and other things we have now. Of course, information about serious crimes wasn’t freely released at that time, but ‘murder will out’. And level of corruption was too much lower than it is now. Of course, corruption existed there, but now its level is just incredible.
yes-----killing and drugs is NOW rampant in formerly USSR countries-----but in the past the
crime (as I have been told by Russian immigrants to the USA---and also from written sources) was kinda petty economic------people had so little that they stole wherever they could----now crime in Russia etc is BIG TIME MOB TYPE stuff----so
I have been told. THE OPPORTUNITIES are
more available. As for jews from communist countries now in Israel-----the opportunities got
to them too