>>54726818Russia had vary large prison population in 90s, and not enough prison suits. Cheap track suits were supplied to Russia as part of humanitarian aid. Lots of track suits got funneled through to general pop due to corruption.
Also, russian culture is connected to prison culture. Wearing adidas track suit became sinonimous with stating 'I've done shit' or 'I know ppl who done shit'. It's sort of became a nationwide meme, and propagated through popular media, like movies and TV shows, most of which were about gangs and thugs and prizon
