How 'shock therapy' created Russian oligarchs and paved the path for Putin
by Greg Rosalsky from NPR: Planet Money on (#5XCAX)
In the 1990s, reformers adopted a radical economic program in Russia. It devastated ordinary Russians and created a new class of oligarchs. And it explains the rise of Putin and the leader he is today
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