Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #416328 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Customer Reviews

Klebnikov - Excellent Reasearch
The late Paul Klebnikov has written as good a book on the murky and criminal side of Russian business as I will probably read for some time to come. His research into the business interests of Berezovsky is excellent and he provides the reader with a fascinating insight into the turbulent and violent Moscow of the 1990's. Highly recommended reading.

Chronicle of officialization of crime in Russia in the 90s
The book is a detailed account of the criminalization of the Russia economy, personified through perhaps the most influential oligarch, Boris Berezovsky. The very fact that Berezovksy has now fallen in disrepute in Russia and is living in exile attests to the illegitimacy of capitalism as it developed in Russia in the 1990s.
The author is clearly knowledgable and shares this in a clear way, effectively telling the intricate details of the personal relationships in government, business and crime, without bogging the reader down in name dropping.
This book is a must read for anyone interested in what went wrong in Russia, and the daunting tasks that lie ahead for the country. For the reader with no particular interest in Russia, it is simply a fascinating story that at times seems unbelievable.

It is Barbarians at the Gate with multiple of 1000.
The most valuable is that this book is a story story told by insiders and prepared by side observer. Imagine UK before WW2, she has lost within just first 6 years of political reforms under Winston Churchill not only overseas colonies, but Scotland (Ukriane) and Wales (Belorus); Ireland has concluded with Germany a military alliance. UK population reduced by 3.5 million people (7% of it's population) due armed conflicts with Devonshire, abandonned medical and pension system, consumption of poisonous counterfeight whiskey and guinness. Main state-owned industries have been privatised for 1-3% of it's real value, which has deprived state coffers of funds to support vulnerable parts of population, due to which 30% of population found themselves far below poverty level.