 | A Fistful of Rubles: The Rise and Fall of the Russian Banking System After the breakup of the USSR, it briefly appeared as though Russia's emerging commercial banks might act as engines of growth for a new capitalist economy. However, despite more than a decade of "reforms," Russia's financial system collapsed in 1998... Juliet Johnson is Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University. She is coeditor of Religion and Identity in Modern Russia: The Revival of Orthodoxy and Islam . |
