El'tsin and the Oligarchs: The Role of Financial Groups in Russian Politics Between 1993 and July 1998

Although the term 'oligarch', as applied in Russia to financial magnates, is as widely misused today as the term 'mafia' has been for much longer, it is true that since the late 1980s an influential class of entrepreneurs and people in finance has emerged, and this is a societal...

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Published in:Europe-Asia studies 1999-09, Vol.51 (6), p.957-988
Main Author: Schroder, Hans-Henning
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Banking
Banks
Central banks
Corporations, Diversified
Democratization
Economic activity
Economic policy
Economic reform
Elections
Entrepreneurs
Finance
Financial institutions
Government
Government and politics
Groups
Liberalization
Market economies
Oligarchy
Political development
Political economy
Political history
Political influence
Political power
Political systems
Politicians
Politics
Politics (1993-98)
Privatization
Rumors
Russia
Russia (Federative Republic)
Russian politics
Social change
Society
Transition economies
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich
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