In 1991, a small group of Russians emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union and enjoyed one of the largest transfers of wealth ever seen, claiming the ownership of some of the most important petroleum oil, natural gas and mineral deposits in the world. By 1997, five of these individuals were on Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people.

The oligarchs were accused of using hate, intimidation and violence at times to reap these rewards. Marshall I.

argues. Goldman is against the line that President Yeltsin's session was the only one opened to Russia, where the examination of the reform process in Poland showed that there is a more gradual and creative approach there with less corruption and greater share of benefits.

The process of partition in Russia is an accessible, timely and objective folder, which is required for reading to those who have an interest in Russian reform. Their attractiveness ranges from students, academics, economists and politicians to an ordinary reader interested in understanding Russia's problems and finding out how they could have been avoided.

I want that book.