The Soviet fish mafia was a major organized crime group uncovered in the Soviet Union by the end of 1970s. Its uncovering was known as "the fish case" or "the caviar case."[1][2] In Russian it was known as "Рыбное дело" ("fish case").
Two major affairs were handled: profiteering via the fish store chain "Ocean" and smuggling of caviar.[3]
Many high Soviet functionaries were implicated;[2] in particular, deputy minister of the fishing industry Vladimir Rytov was executed by shooting.[3] The minister himself, Aleksandr Ishkov, was implicated, however Brezhnev personally intervened and Ishkov was simply fired and forced into retirement.[4][5]
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