GEOG 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Paul Klebnikov, Hungarian Communist Party, Anna Politkovskaya
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Monday, 18 april, 2016. After the fall: shock therapy, gangster capitalism, and the post- socialist market in. The fall of the ussr led to a human disaster eric hobsbawm. Gdp fell 42%, industrial production 46% Real income fell by 40% Up to 49% below poverty line. Mortality rates increased by 50% Gini coefficient of income inequality at 50 (canada 32, usa, 40) Outline: break up and break away of eastern european states, and internal republics of the. A corrupt, autocratic kleptocracy centred on the leadership of vladimir putin . [functioning] as a virtual mafia state (the guardian weekly december 12, 2012: russia inc. under vladamir putin. Wikileak cable from the us state department: Alexander litvinenko, polonium isotope 210. Any dissent inside soviet union or in satellite states supressed. 1968 prague spring of alexander dubcek ended by russian tanks. 1980 polish solidarity movement lead by lech walensa squashed by wojciech. Glasnost ( openness ) and perestroika ( restructuring )
