The politics of locality in an unstable state -- "Icebergs," barter, and the mafia in provincial Russia -- Mythmaking, narratives, and the dispossessed in Russia -- Creating a culture of disillusionment : consumption in Moscow, a chronicle of changing times -- Strategies beyond the law -- Traders, "disorder," and citizenship regimes in provincial Russia -- Russian protection rackets and the appropriation of law and order -- Rethinking bribery in contemporary Russia -- Rethinking personhood -- Avgai Khad : theft and social trust in postcommunist Mongolia -- The domestic mode of production in Post-Soviet Siberia? The villas of the "new Russians" : a sketch of consumption and cultural identity in Post-Soviet landscapes -- Shamans in the city.