The man who wants to buy back Russia

Interview with Oleg Shvartsman, a fund manager on Russia. Article suggests he is representative of a growing political class of mid-level managers working for the state in Russia, with ties to the security services, who believe it is time for Russia’s nascent class of business owners to hand their property back to the state.

Robert Amsterdam: Perspectives on Russia, Europe, and International Affairs: Russia's Velvet Re-Privatization, November 2007 http://www.robertamsterdam.com/2007/11/russias_velvet_reprivatization.htm

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