What Went Wrong in Russia? The Roots of the Economic Crisis

Issue Date April 1999
Volume 10
Issue 2
Page Numbers 68-82
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About the Author

Andrei Illarionov is senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, and president of the Institute of Economic Analysis in Moscow. From 2000 to 2005, he was chief economic advisor to Russian president Vladimir Putin. Illarionov received his doctorate in economics from St. Petersburg University in 1987.

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