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POST-SOVIET RUSSIA IN THE ADVENTUROUS 1990S - T...

Derrick Widmer together with his assistant travelled to Moscow 15 months after the downfall of
the Soviet Union in December 1991 at the invitation of the Russian Alfa Investment Fond. The
political and economic climate is shattered  the population impoverished and in transition: The
dramatic liberalization of prizes and the privatization of the state-owned enterprises was
perceived as a shock-therapy. This was done via auctions where vouchers were being changed into
shares. The vouchers were given for free to the population  whereby the former Red Directors
received much more vouchers than normal citizens which eventually led to the rise of the
oligarchs. In the 1990's Russia went through an enormous economic  social and political
transition. For fearless Businessmen (Bisnessmeni) to make a bonanza required good relations
with powerful politicians  members of the secret service and contacts with organized crime. A
package of shares had sometimes more value than human lives. The country verged on anarchy and
collapse. Laws were meaningless  might made right and wealth walked hand in hand with death.
Derrick Widmer experienced these wild years of the Post-Soviet Russia as a contemporary
witness. In his book he gives fascinating insights in encounters with famous politicians 
oligarchs  bankers and lawyers. He perceived Russia after the cold war no more as enemy but as
friend and based on his experience he developed a better understanding for the large complex
country  Russian thinking and the Russian soul.

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