I disagree. 99% of very rich people from former USSR are rich because of stealing. one way or another. This is my opinion as well as credited lectures around the world universities. Even "lawful" privatizations were actually not "really legal". You foreigners may not know but the 1980s elite, i.e. people in access to state property.. well.. most of them are millionaires today, not because of good business intuitions or high educational level, but because managers from factory X made some agreements with managers from factory Z and so on... And this is true. Sure there are many hosest rich people also, but MOST of them got their beginnig funds to start their businesses ILLEGIMATELY. Go and study "transition economics" lectures at the local university and you will be surprised. I can recommend some books also. In english.
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