Economic 'shock therapy' in Russia
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The Crisis in Moscow
Under communism, bureaucrats in moscow had been responsible for coordinating the supply of raw materials and goods. In early 19 92, these old communist chains of supply were broken. There was real threat of hunger in large cities where most food supplies had been imported from abroad. The countryis entering a twilight zone between the old and the new. What comes next could easily be the chaos and anarchy of which mister gobbert o has warned.
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