LEADER 03245oam 2200685I 450 001 9910783957803321 005 20230617010222.0 010 $a1-134-37684-7 010 $a0-429-23432-5 010 $a0-415-31529-8 010 $a1-134-37685-5 010 $a1-280-05470-0 010 $a0-203-56334-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203563342 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255114 035 $a(EBL)180951 035 $a(OCoLC)56366126 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000306089 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11240316 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306089 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10294904 035 $a(PQKB)11275984 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC180951 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL180951 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10098645 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL5470 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255114 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe piratization of Russia $eRussian reform goes awry /$fMarshall I. Goldman 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 300 $aSimultaneously published in the USA and Canada. 311 $a0-203-35472-9 311 $a0-415-31528-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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? 327 $aConfidence or con game: what will it take?Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn 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 606 $aOligarchy$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aCommercial crimes$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aBusinessmen$zRussia (Federation)$xPolitical activity 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xEconomic policy$y1991- 615 0$aOligarchy 615 0$aCommercial crimes 615 0$aBusinessmen$xPolitical activity. 676 $a330.947 686 $a83.32$2bcl 700 $aGoldman$b Marshall I.$032323 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783957803321 996 $aThe piratization of Russia$93805571 997 $aUNINA