by Laura Belin To no one’s surprise, 1997 failed to live up to the title of the “year of accord and reconciliation,” which President Boris Yeltsin had conferred on it by decree. But unexpectedly, the most acrimonious battles of the year were fought not between the “winners” and “losers” of the post-Soviet period, but among financial groups that had gained […]
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