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The Oligarchs
Book • 2002
The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia chronicles the lives of six influential figures—Boris Berezovsky, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Gusinsky, Alexander Smolensky, Anatoly Chubais, and Yuri Luzhkov—who shaped Russia's economic and political landscape during the 1990s.
The book explores how these men exploited the weaknesses of the Soviet system to accumulate wealth and power, transforming Russia into a capitalist nation.
The book explores how these men exploited the weaknesses of the Soviet system to accumulate wealth and power, transforming Russia into a capitalist nation.
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Greg Rosalsky

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The day Russia adopted the free market