Oligarchs and Kleptocrats: Russian Business through Western eyes
... CHIRIKOV / Vostock Photo Igor Istomin: Unraveling the Enigma: Western Expert Community Seeks to Explain Russian Policy In order to understand why these narratives about Russian business are constructed, we need to understand how these risks are perceived. Western narratives about Russian business follow a familiar pattern. Russian investors are either portrayed as sinister magnates with political connections, or as corrupt tycoons with criminal associations. In short, Russian investors are oligarchs or kleptocrats. But what is ...
26.06.2015