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The piratization of Russia : Russian reform goes awry / Marshall I. Goldman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldman, Marshall I.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oligarchy--Russia (Federation).
- Oligarchy.
- Commercial crimes--Russia (Federation).
- Commercial crimes.
- Businessmen--Russia (Federation)--Political activity.
- Businessmen.
- Russia (Federation)--Economic policy--1991-.
- Russia (Federation).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1991, a small group of Russians emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union and enjoyed one of the greatest transfers of wealth ever seen, claiming ownership of some of the most valuable petroleum, natural gas and metal deposits in the world. By 1997, five of those individuals were on Forbes Magazine's list of the world's richest billionaires. These self-styled oligarchs were accused of using guile, intimidation and occasionally violence to reap these rewards. Marshall I. Goldman argues against the line that the course adopted by President Yeltsin was the only one open to Russ
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-37684-7
- 0-429-23432-5
- 0-415-31529-8
- 1-134-37685-5
- 1-280-05470-0
- 0-203-56334-4
- 9780429234323
- OCLC:
- 56366126
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