Ragged Russia.

From: Reason | Date: December 1, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

Most Sovietologists never even thought that the USSR would disintegrate in such a rapid manner. The same analysts are now urging for billions of dollars in Western aid to bail out Russia. This will not help Russia as much as the efforts of Russian enterpreneurs.

Four years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the nations that used to be the Soviet Union and its satellites have become as unpredictable as any in the world. Who would've suspected that the West would cheer as President Boris Yeltsin crushed his rebellious parliament?

Russia and the nations of Eastern Europe have become ...

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