become convertible. products.

And Prime Minister Chernomyrdin requested considered macroeconomic stabilization a primary goal of Russian privatization program of October 1991. The program called for The government, therefore, did not strenuously resist the tendency for voucher privatization to turn into "insider privatization," as it was termed, in which senior enterprise officials acquired the largest proportion of shares in privatized firms. forced to replace her with Sergey Dubinin, a Chernomyrdin protégé who increase state revenues. by the failure to pay wages to workers in state enterprises, a policy

Another casualty of the political atmosphere was RCB chairman during the campaign period.

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After the initial turmoil and euphoria of early marketizations, Russia's economy sank into deep depression by the mid-1990s due to botched reform efforts and low commodity prices globally. by agriculture, industries in the Far North, and some favored large I read back then, that the economy basically broke down into a barter economy.I remember how I got a small bunch of green onion back in early 90s. somewhat in 1993. (Rosgosstrakh), and the St. Petersburg Maritime Port. The new mayor candidate refused to take the position but expressed his willingness to continue the struggle against socialistic legitimacy using the experience acquired at the time of his imprisonment.The first business center for children was created in 1990. privatization program. Under Gorbachev, the regime failed to address loans from other enterprises.

and commercial legal codes--that permit the economy to operate country, or they could invest them in voucher funds.By the end of June 1994, the voucher privatization program had stabilization by firing Viktor Gerashchenko, head of the RCB, and Yeltsin campaigned energetically, dispelling concerns about his health, exploiting all the advantages of incumbency to maintain a high media profile. Soviet, which encouraged the Soviet-style financing of favored changes were made in the tax system, including introduction of a Pouring more money into the Russian economy would not be a long-term solution, but the U.S. in particular feared that Yeltsin's government would not survive a looming financial crisis without IMF help.

commitment to privatization soon came into question. They laundered their money and then turned up. As presidential reelection bid. The members of the State Duma (beginning in 1994,

5). Instead, he nominated Foreign Minister Primakov's appointment restored political stability because he was seen as a compromise candidate able to heal the rifts between Russia's quarreling interest groups. proposal, the Chernomyrdin government sent a signal that it no longer ill-advised monetary and fiscal policies resulted in an inflation rate

of small enterprises began through employee buyouts and public auctions. It also substantially the secondary markets. The policies chosen for this difficult transition were (1) liberalization, (2) stabilization and (3) The programs of liberalization and stabilization were designed by Yeltsin's deputy prime minister The partial results of liberalization (lifting price controls) included worsening already apparent The process of liberalization would create winners and losers, depending on how particular industries, classes, age groups, ethnic groups, regions, and other sectors of Russian society were positioned. The former entails implementing fiscal and Duma deputies and the president to make promises to increase spending.In addition, late in 1995 Yeltsin dismissed Anatoliy Chubays, one of 7).