Examines the debacle of Russian reform, especially the emergence of oligarchs accused of using guile, intimidation and violence to reap riches. Explains Russia's problems and how they could have been avoided
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EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Learning Center, Standort Wiesbaden, Fachbibliothek Rechtswissenschaften
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Examines the debacle of Russian reform, especially the emergence of oligarchs accused of using guile, intimidation and violence to reap riches. Explains Russia's problems and how they could have been avoided
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Russia's financial buccaneers: the wild and woolly East; Setting the stage: the Russian economy in the post-communist era; The legacy of the czarist era: untenable and unsavory roots; It's broke, so fix it: the Stalinist and Gorbachev legacies; Privatization: good intentions, but the wrong advice at the wrong time; The nomenklatura oligarchs; The upstart oligarchs; FIMACO, the Russian Central Bank, and money laundering at the highest level; Corruption, crime, and the Russian Mafia; Who says there was no better way?
Confidence or con game: what will it take?Notes; Bibliography; Index
