ASSESSMENTS
Russia: A Mass Privatization Planned
Dec 9, 2009 | 19:58 GMT
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Summary
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved a plan to privatize approximately 240 state companies in 2010 alone. It is part of a larger plan in which thousands of state firms will be privatized over a three-year period. There are economic and political reasons for the privatization, but the most important reason is that it supports a geopolitical imperative for Moscow.
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