"...will become an authoritative reading because it constitutes an insightful background for the understanding of Russian economic performance during the last decade. An invaluable reference work for researchers." Bruno S. Sergi, University of Messina and CERC-University of Melbourne from Kyklos 54 (2001)

• The Russian transformation crisis; restructuring in transition economies; stabilizing Russia; modernizing Russia; economic roundtable - internal and external Russian transition problems.