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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221141427
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 360
Size : 1 x 215 mm
The Oligarchs

Release date : 16/10/2014
A unique insight into the Russian Oligarchs by Christine Ockrent. 
In light of the headlines surrounding President Vladimir Putin, Christine Ockrent provides new revelations about the Russian Oligarchs. Emerging in the 1990s under the presidency of Boris Yeltsin, the Oligarchs sprung from the ruins of the Soviet regime. A group of young men undertook the transformation of Russia into a... In light of the headlines surrounding President Vladimir Putin, Christine Ockrent provides new revelations about the Russian Oligarchs. Emerging in the 1990s under the presidency of Boris Yeltsin, the Oligarchs sprung from the ruins of the Soviet regime. A group of young men undertook the transformation of Russia into a capitalist laboratory and with amazing speed took control of raw materials and banks before invading tax havens to set up financial centres there. But if this system is still ongoing, it is now under Vladimir Putin’s heel. Oligarchs can still make money, but are prohibited from engaging in politics and the media. Either they emigrate or they pay allegiance and a tribute to Putin. A state oligarchy has thus come to fruition, the new guise of a corrupt capitalism.
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EAN : 9782221141427
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 360
Size : 1 x 215 mm
Robert Laffont