From Communism to Kleptocracy

The Big Steal by Fresh Air Production

Mar 3, 202020:50Society & Culture

The Cold War is over and 70 years of Communist rule is flushed away. In Soviet Russia, capitalists risked being shot, but with Communism gone, Mikhail Khodorkovsky started a small bank, Menatep, before rising to run one...

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