Out of the red : investment and capitalism in Russia /
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| Author / Creator: | Connor, John T., 1941- |
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| Imprint: | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2008. |
| Description: | xvii, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7187393 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part 1. Free Markets and Democracy Arrive in Russia
- Chapter 1. Today's Russia
- Russia's Transformation into a Free Market Economy
- Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Putin: Three Transformational Leaders
- Russia: Free at Last
- The Establishment of Democracy
- Free Markets and Privatization
- Learning the Hard Lessons of Capitalism: The 1998 Crisis
- Government Policy during the 1998 Crisis
- The Role of the Private Sector
- The Lasting Effects of the 1998 Crisis
- The Putin Era
- From Bankrupt to Boom: Economic Management in the Putin Era
- Priority National Projects
- Dmitry Medvedev
- The Challenges of Democracy
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Investing in Russia: Risk/Reward
- Risks of Investing in Russia
- Currency Risk
- Oil Risk
- Political Risk
- Rule of Law
- Regulatory Atmosphere
- Viktor Zubkov
- Rewards
- GDP Growth
- Economic Diversification: Domestic Boom Town
- Internal Reinvestment
- Summary
- Part 2. Russia as a Rising Economic Power
- Chapter 3. An Overview of Business in Russia
- Russia as an Emerging Free Market
- Oil Revenue Leads to Economic Growth
- Yukos Affair Actually Led to an Improved Business Environment
- Russia: Not Just Oil and Gas
- Emerging Industries
- Sergei Ivanov
- Sochi 2014 Olympics
- Summary
- Chapter 4. Metals and Mining
- Steel
- Background
- Stalin
- Cold War
- Post-Soviet
- Industry Turnaround
- Reinvestment
- Global Reemergence
- Severstal
- Novolipetsk Steel
- Evraz
- Mechel
- TMK
- Aluminum
- Oleg Deripaska
- Mining
- VSMPO-Avisma
- Norilsk Nickel
- Vladimir Potanin
- Polyus Gold
- Uralkaliy
- Chapter 5. Oil and Natural Gas
- Oil Industry
- Oil Introduction and History
- Present/Future
- Oil in the News
- Rosneft
- LUKoil
- TNK-BP
- Surgutneftegaz
- Natural Gas
- Future
- Gazprom
- Novatek
- Chapter 6. Information and Communication as a Business
- Cellular Telecom
- VimpelCom
- Mobile Telesystems (MTS)
- Wireline Telecom
- Comstar
- Golden Telecom
- Far East Telecom
- Southern Telecom
- Rostelecom
- Media
- CTC Media
- Rambler Media
- RBC Media
- Chapter 7. The Rising Russian Consumer
- Retail
- X5
- Magnit
- Seventh Continent
- Wimm-Bill-Dann
- Baltika Brewery
- Kalina
- Pharmacy Chain 36.6
- Pharmstandard
- Veropharm
- Real Estate
- Mirland Development
- Open Investments
- Sistema-Hals
- Banking
- Sberbank
- VTB
- Transportation
- Aeroflot
- Auto Industry
- Boris Berezovsky
- Avto Vaz
- GAZ
- Severstal Avto
- Chapter 8. Electricity and Infrastructure
- Russia's Energos
- Unified Energy Systems (UES)
- Zhigulevskaya Hydro
- TGKs
- OGKs
- Irkutskenergo
- HydroOGK
- Rosenergoatom
- Anatoly Chubais
- Infrastructure
- Evrocement
- Siberskiy Cement
- Mostotrest
- Power Machines
- Chapter 9. Ukraine and Kazakhstan
- Ukraine
- Azovstal
- Motor Sich
- Raiffeisen Aval
- Stirol
- TMM Real Estate
- Ukrnafta
- Ukrtelecom
- Kazakhstan
- Kazakhmys
- Kazakhtelecom
- Kazkommertsbank
- KazMunaiGas
- Part 3. The Future of Investing in Russia
- Chapter 10. Discovering the Real Russia
- Think Tanks: The Hateful Crowd
- Freedom House
- The Heritage Foundation
- The Jamestown Foundation
- The Hudson Institute
- American Enterprise Institute
- Other Think Tanks
- Jackson-Vanik
- Recent U.S. Stance
- Areas of Tension
- Summary
- Chapter 11. What's in Store for Russia and Its Investors?
- Who Will Lead?
- Predictions for the Future
- Summary
- Notes
- About the Authors
- Index