Mečiar Vladimír

2. The dissolution of the Czechoslovak Federal Republic (1989-1992)

2.1. Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic

2. The dissolution of the Czechoslovak Federal Republic (1989-1992)

2.2. Slovakia

2. The dissolution of the Czechoslovak Federal Republic (1989-1992)

2.9. Secret police officers turned businessmen

2. The dissolution of the Czechoslovak Federal Republic (1989-1992)

2.10. On a wave of extremism

2. The dissolution of the Czechoslovak Federal Republic (1989-1992)

2.12. Reform of the security forces

3. Klaus’s dark age: 1993-1997

3. Introduction

3. Klaus’s dark age: 1993-1997

3.1. The rise of the mafia

3. Klaus’s dark age: 1993-1997

3.2. Mikuláš Černák

3. Klaus’s dark age: 1993-1997

3.3. Southern Slovakia

3. Klaus’s dark age: 1993-1997

3.4. Bratislava’s underworld

3. Klaus’s dark age: 1993-1997

3.5. The Wild East

3. Klaus’s dark age: 1993-1997

3.6. Jaroslav Svěchota: a well-connected man