Russia
Russia | Russia’s Crime Problem Stems from Its Failure to Replace the Soviet State
Alexei Yablokov was driving down a dark country road one night, headed for his weekend cottage with his treasured white Opel jammed full of food and books, when suddenly car thieves tried to run him off the road.
They rammed his car and shouted, but Yablokov sped faster. After a harrowing chase—at one point the thieves jumped onto his hood—the white-bearded environmentalist made it safely to the cottage and called police.
But even a career spent challenging Russian authorities on nuclear-waste policy and other such issues had not prepared Yablokov for what happened...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Capitalist Reforms Created Russia’s Economic Crisis
- Capitalist Reforms Did Not Create Russia’s Economic Crisis
- Russia’s Crime Problem Stems from Its Failure to Replace the Soviet State
- Russia’s Crime Problem Is a Direct Legacy of the Soviet State
- An Environmental Crisis Underlies Russia’s Problems
- A Public Health Crisis Underlies Russia’s Problems
- Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Russia Poses an Expansionist Threat
- Russia Does Not Pose an Expansionist Threat
- The Proliferation of Russian Nuclear Weapons Is a Serious Global Threat
- The Threat of Russia- Sponsored Nuclear Proliferation Is Exaggerated
- The Russian Mafia Is a Serious Threat to the United States
- There Is No Russian Mafia Threat in the United States
- Chapter 4
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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