The Piratization of Russia

Russian Reform Goes Awry

• Author(s): Marshall I. Goldman,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 304
• ISBN_13: 9781134376841
  ISBN_10: 1134376847
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / General , Business & Economics / Economic Conditions , Business & Economics / Economics / General , Business & Economics / International / Economics & Trade , Political Science / Political Economy , Social Science / Regional Studies , Social Science / Human Geography , Business & Economics / Government & Business , History / World , Political Science / General ,

Description:... 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.