03245oam 2200685I 450 991078395780332120230617010222.01-134-37684-70-429-23432-50-415-31529-81-134-37685-51-280-05470-00-203-56334-410.4324/9780203563342 (CKB)1000000000255114(EBL)180951(OCoLC)56366126(SSID)ssj0000306089(PQKBManifestationID)11240316(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306089(PQKBWorkID)10294904(PQKB)11275984(MiAaPQ)EBC180951(Au-PeEL)EBL180951(CaPaEBR)ebr10098645(CaONFJC)MIL5470(EXLCZ)99100000000025511420180331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe piratization of Russia Russian reform goes awry /Marshall I. GoldmanLondon ;New York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (297 p.)Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.0-203-35472-9 0-415-31528-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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 RussOligarchyRussia (Federation)Commercial crimesRussia (Federation)BusinessmenRussia (Federation)Political activityRussia (Federation)Economic policy1991-OligarchyCommercial crimesBusinessmenPolitical activity.330.94783.32bclGoldman Marshall I.32323MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783957803321The piratization of Russia3805571UNINA