The red directors were one of the main political forces. Another force was the former Soviet ministers who lost everything because of the transformation of the Soviet Union to Russia.

The diversification of the people's demand could not be followed by the state apparatus.

For the producers, there was no reason to produce. You get money, but you couldn't use this money. For consumers, you could have money, but you have no way to use it because you go to the shop and see nothing.

There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

The Moscow energy system has never sustained such a load.

The Bolsheviks started not just on the killing of private property; they were trying to abolish money itself.

The Americans have gone through 150 years of ups and downs, to pull themselves up out of the mud. After only 15 years, Russia is already in the process of liberating itself from the same thing.