Russia's 1998 Financial Crisis in the Regions: A Case Study

MIN READJan 21, 2014 | 11:03 GMT

Russian president boris yeltsin has begun a meeting with ten leading national bankers and businessmen to discuss the home economic situation.

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The Russian regions' behavior in 1998 shows a tendency to defy Moscow during economic crises....

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