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Russia and Her Ghosts of the Past

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The Struggle Against Corruption: A Comparative Study

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In 1992, shortly after the break-up of the Soviet Union, I made arrangements for a fellow graduate student to visit Russia to conduct research for her doctoral dissertation on the country’s black market, which in Russian is more accurately referred to as the shadow economy (tyenevaya ekonomika).When my American friend, Lauren, arrived in Moscow, she was met by one of my acquaintances, Galina,1 who was fluent in English, owed me a favor or two, and had promised to show Lauren around and to help her navigate the unknown terrain for her research. So, Galina, a minor yet well-connected government official, met Lauren at the airport, whisked her through the customs, got her registered at the hotel, and took her out to dinner at a fashionable restaurant. On the way, they stopped to fill up her car with gas.

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Martirossian, J. (2004). Russia and Her Ghosts of the Past. In: Johnson, R.A. (eds) The Struggle Against Corruption: A Comparative Study. Perspectives in Comparative Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403981004_4

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