However, the stage was set for total chaos already in the 80s when the komsomol money laundering loophole opened.
It feels like USSR / Russia took so many bad turns in the late 80s early 90s.
You can’t blame western yuppies for creating chaos when you explicitly import them to administer “shock therapy”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatization_in_Russia
However, the stage was set for total chaos already in the 80s when the komsomol money laundering loophole opened.
It feels like USSR / Russia took so many bad turns in the late 80s early 90s.
You can’t blame western yuppies for creating chaos when you explicitly import them to administer “shock therapy”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatization_in_Russia