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The oligarchs
wealth and power in the new Russia
By Hoffman, David J.
- ISBN
- 978-1-58648-001-1
- Publisher
- New York : Public Affairs, c2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2002
There seems to be little question that the handful of men who became wealthy and powerful after the demise of the Soviet Union were greedy to the point of being criminal. Matthew Brzezinski's Casino Moscow, Chystia Freeland's Sale of the Century: Russia's Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism, and Paul Klebnikov's Godfather of the Kremlin: Boris Berezovsky and the Looting of Russia do a good job of documenting the chicanery. What shaped the character of the so-called oligarchs? How did the decaying S...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
