roof(the top covering of a building etc. • a flat roof; a tiled roof; the roof of a car); housetop; hood help(H. Robbins &(, Park Avenue Islet); house-top; criminal protection racket(hartford-hwp.comTanya Gesse); krysha(Literally, it means "roof" in Russian. But it carries a kaleidoscope of other associations: an arrangement; lobbying; political services; icebreaking; protection from murder by Chechen terrorists and bandits; fixing; and a long-term relationship with more or less regular payments. TG Alexander Demidov); political clout(In court papers, Mr. Abramovich said he paid Mr. Berezovsky for his political clout. NYT Alexander Demidov)
protection(racket Lavrov); backing(политическая "крыша" – political backing dennise); a protection racket(группа людей, в корыстных целях, за деньги незаконно обеспечивающая защиту, охрану какого-либо предприятия или человека от посягательств преступных группировок a criminal band that illegally takes money to provide to a company or an individual security or protection from other criminal groups)
