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Arkady Bronnikov/FUEL Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive
"The Madonna and child is one of the most popular tattoos worn by criminals, and there can be a number of meanings," explains Arkady Bronnikov, a criminal expert at the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs from 1963 to 1991. His photographs of inmates' tattoos illustrate the recently published Russian Criminal Tattoo Police Files (slideshow): http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140424-decoding-russian-criminal-tattoos

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