1.   Authorities had been counting on a conviction, to send Russian gangsters the message that Switzerland should not be their preferred destination.

2.   But seriously, can you name a single Russian gangster?

3.   First, the Russian gangsters who own Moscow want more money than the smoke-alarm industry can afford without asking Napoleon to work free.

4.   It may be time for Russian gangsters, probably more than other immigrant groups of recent vintage, to do their patriotic duty.

5.   Last year, some team executives and player agents expressed concern that some Russian players might become targets for extortion by Russian gangsters.

6.   Russian gangsters use their athletes in the same fashion -- as nightclub bouncers, bodyguards and enforcers.

7.   Sinn suggested that one group that may be moving from European currencies to dollars is criminals, Russian gangsters in particular.

8.   The problems of crime and nuclear proliferation could well merge, for that matter, if Russian gangsters start selling nuclear material.

9.   Then Russian gangsters intervene.

10.   To complicate things further, the games are played in Kazakhstan because Russian gangsters can control every aspect of the business.