n. Members of the Russian mafia.
1997
Helpfully for the screenwriter the dialogue is good, in parts excellent. One character derides a bunch of Russian redfellas with: "Killing is their history. Making money never was."
1997
Officials say the Russian mafiosi — police like to call them "Redfellas" — have established a beachhead in Miami, from where many of their illegal activities are being organised.
1994 (earliest)
There are fifty ways of saying "to steal" in Russian, and the Russian mafia uses them all.