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Since perestroika began in the mid 80s, the Russian society and economy entered a reform process. The idea was that the old system which was mainly built on ideological enthusiasm and strict bureaucratic control by the state, should be changed. Gorbachev was the first to take the responsibility of starting up the reform process by introducing his perestroika.
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Bourmistrov, A., Mellemvik, F. (2000). Russian Local Government Accounting: New Norms and New Problems. In: Caperchione, E., Mussari, R. (eds) Comparative Issues in Local Government Accounting. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4581-1_10
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