… the economy and fighting corruption, the administration found … of the Russian Federation
privatized the former Soviet … that the Putin regime was prepared to destroy any big business if it …

… quantities, or corporate raiding of large enterprises) without … the post-Soviet states in the
immediate aftermath of the Soviet … by the state whereby post-Soviet regimes often enlist criminals …

… defined by historical traditions, religion, political regime … dedicated to corruption in post-Soviet
states particularly useful, … For big business in Ukraine, corruption has become not only …

… " of big business to the [End Page 402] state in Putin's Russia … of state-business relations.
The strategic advantages of the … regime is probably still a better political shell for Russian big …

… ” that brought an authoritarian regime to power to protect their interests. Rampant theft and
… Shuvalov-style “big business” (based on raiding state coffers, official corruption, and ties with …

… This afforded the political regime and business elites with … The former were managers of
Soviet enterprises prior to 1991, … raiding, seizing lucrative businesses with the aid of corrupt law …

… Other post-Soviet countries followed suit, and big businessmen … as the Putin regime has
transferred a substantial share of major state … sources of corruption. No economic crime in …

… profit and fulfill state functions, such as engaging in corrupt deals, … and state weakness in
the aftermath of the regime change. … In this sense, state formation since 1991 in former Soviet …

… of authoritarian regimes in the former Soviet Union; these … government was limited by big
business. Meanwhile, a unique … and corruption, where either coercion or corruption acts as the …

… To me it represents the complex and often perplexed nature of Soviet and post-Soviet times
… in parliaments, with state officials and in state-owned enterprises, my understanding of the …