About 10 years ago I was going to start an adventure travel company in Krasnoyarsk, but I backed out at the last moment because I was informed that the local ma

About 10 years ago I was going to start an adventure travel company in Krasnoyarsk, but I backed out at the last moment because I was informed that the local mafia would have extorted me into extinction within a few months just because I was an American trying to start a business in Siberia. Too bad; it would have been fun bringing rich Americans into Siberia to spend their money in a local, depressed economy.