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Casino Moscow
A Tale of Greed and Adventure on Capitalism's Wildest Frontier
Book • 2001
Casino Moscow is an irreverent and hilarious account of Matthew Brzezinski's tumultuous trek through the wild world of Russian capitalism in the 1990s.
After Russia's communist era, the country plunged into a free-market maelstrom where fortunes could be made and lost overnight.
Brzezinski's adventures take him from the opulent lives of Moscow's elite to the poverty-stricken areas where citizens struggled to survive, capturing the greed, desperation, and chaos of the time.
The book provides a vivid narrative of a nation's uncertain future marked by boundless hope and foreboding despair.
After Russia's communist era, the country plunged into a free-market maelstrom where fortunes could be made and lost overnight.
Brzezinski's adventures take him from the opulent lives of Moscow's elite to the poverty-stricken areas where citizens struggled to survive, capturing the greed, desperation, and chaos of the time.
The book provides a vivid narrative of a nation's uncertain future marked by boundless hope and foreboding despair.
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