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Tables of Contents for The New Russia
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
ix
Acknowledgements
xi
Introduction and Overview
1
48
Part I Economic Developments
49
256
50
1
The Transition from Command Planning to the Market
51
39
Command Planning in the Soviet Era
51
11
From Plan to Market
62
28
Prices
90
7
Prices in the Soviet Era
90
2
Price Liberalization in Russia
92
5
Foreign Trade
97
13
The Soviet Era
97
2
Foreign Trade in Russia Between January 1992 and the Financial Crisis of August 1998
99
11
Direct Foreign Investment
110
8
The Soviet Era
110
1
Russia Since 1992
110
8
The Private Non-Agricultural Sector
118
37
The Private Non-Agricultural Sector in the Soviet Era
118
1
Privatization in the Non-Agricultural Sectors of the Russian Economy Since 1992
118
37
Agriculture
155
15
The Soviet Era
155
2
Agriculture in Russia
157
13
Macroeconomic Stabilization
170
105
The Soviet Financial System
170
3
Macroeconomic Stabilization Before the Financial Crisis of August 1998
173
28
Russia and the Asian Financial Crisis
201
74
Foreign Debt and Aid Before the August 1998 Financial Crisis
275
13
Foreign Debt
275
2
Foreign Aid
277
11
Economic Performance, Health and the Enviornment
288
17
Economic Performance
288
13
Health
301
2
The Environment
303
2
Part II Political Developments
305
315
The Dissolution of the Soviet Union
307
33
Events Prior to the 19--21 August 1991 Abortive Coup
307
5
The 19--21 August 1991 Abortive Coup
312
11
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
323
5
Economic Relations Between Russia and the Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union (The `Near Abroad')
328
12
The Federal State and the Chechen Crisis
340
106
The Federal State
340
15
The Putin Era
355
8
The Chechen Wars
363
83
A Chronology of Political Developments, 1992--2000
446
120
A Chronology of Events Prior to the Dissolution of Parliment on 21 September 1993
446
10
The Dissolution of Parliment on 21 September 1993
456
4
The Search for a New Constituion
460
6
The General Election of 12 December 1993
466
8
Developments Between the December 1995 General Election and the December 1995 General Election
474
7
The General Election of 17 December 1995
481
8
The Reelection of Yeltsin as President on 3 July 1996
489
1
The Merry-Go-Round of Prime Ministers
489
42
The General Election of 19 December 1999
531
5
The Resignation of Yeltsin on 31 December 1999 and the Meteoric Rise of Vladimir Putin from Relative Obscurity to President (elected 26 March 2000); the Putin Reforms
536
30
Military and Foreign Affairs, Disarmament Agreements, Partnership for Peace, the Kosovo Crisis and Nato Expansion
566
54
The Armed Forces
566
9
Defence Doctrine
575
2
International Treaties and Agreements and Nato Expansion
577
43
Conclusion
620
4
Bibliography
624
11
Index
635