... liberalisation in Russia was initiated by Boris Yeltsin who was given special power by the Russian parliament to carry out reforms by decree. The process of economic reforms had already been continuing for more than twenty years by then. Both China and Russia are or were massive socialist ... liberalisation are the two key elements of Russia's experience that significantly differ to China's. Privatisation in the post-USSR Russia was a simultaneous process and resulted in an economic disaster that would take years to be reversed. Almost all the SOEs were privatised at the same time by .....

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... have been troubled with innumerable obstacles. There are more than 3,000 gangs known generally as the Russian Mafia. They have proven to be a significant force in delaying the reform process (Goldman 58). The new Russian Mafia has involved themselves in every imaginable kind of criminal activity from drug trafficking and money laundering to protectionism, which penetrates into every area of ... seem far more organized than the legitimate government. The gangsters have a systematic method of retrieving "taxes" from their businesses under their protection. They use force. This is how they ...

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