Tuesday, March 22, 2022

How 'shock therapy' created Russian oligarchs and paved the path for Putin

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a meeting with Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich (on the left, in the center) in 2010.

In the 1990s, reformers adopted a radical economic program in Russia. It devastated ordinary Russians and created a new class of oligarchs. And it explains the rise of Putin and the leader he is today

(Image credit: Alexei Nikolsky/AP)

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