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In analysing how economic crime was managed in Russia, from the Brezhnev era to the Yeltsin years, this book reveals the historical roots of the ""criminal problem"" that has marked Russian politics since the late 1980s. During the closing decades of the Soviet regime, the daily struggle against shortages of goods and services precipitated a rapid increase in the black market and other underground practices, visible to all, but still deemed illegal. How did Soviet police officers and judges select the cases they dealt with on a daily basis? And how were the funds and manpower dedicated to combating 'economic crime' actually deployed? Law enforcement agencies also had to deal with the aftermath of Mikhail Gorbachev's liberal economic reforms. Russia's economy underwent far-reaching change, its judicial framework proved obsolete to combat the new challenges and its police woke up to the possibility of privatising or selling their professional knowhow. Drawing on first hand research and interviews with criminals and police officers, this scrupulous study investigates the changing nature of criminal law and policing before and after the fall of the Soviet state.

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A major breakthrough in the study of economic crime and law enforcement in the Soviet Union and Russia. Using a wealth of new material, Gilles Favarel-Garrigues's stimulating analysis of the shifting boundary between legal and illegal economic activity provides both a fresh perspective on Russia's transition to capitalism and an unprecedented picture of how Russia's police struggled to adapt to this brave new world. --Brian Taylor, Syracuse University Policing Economic Crime in Russia gives a detailed account of the ruthless privatization following the end of the Soviet Union, explaining how this process facilitated the rapid rise of a highly differentiated society in post-Soviet Russia. Gilles Favarel-Garrigues's expert knowledge of law enforcement, the Soviet Union, and Russia allows for a profound understanding of this crucial transformation. --Louise Shelley, Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center, George Mason University A unique and engaging account of policing challenges in the early years of Russia's economic transition, when conceptions of legal business activity, in both law and public opinion, failed to keep up with new business practices. --Peter H. Solomon Jr., University of Toronto

<br> A major breakthrough in the study of economic crime and law enforcement in the Soviet Union and Russia. Using a wealth of new material, Gilles Favarel-Garrigues's stimulating analysis of the shifting boundary between legal and illegal economic activity provides both a fresh perspective on Russia's transition to capitalism and an unprecedented picture of how Russia's police struggled to adapt to this brave new world. --Brian Taylor, Syracuse University<p><br> Policing Economic Crime in Russia gives a detailed account of the ruthless privatization following the end of the Soviet Union, explaining how this process facilitated the rapid rise of a highly differentiated society in post-Soviet Russia. Gilles Favarel-Garrigues's expert knowledge of law enforcement, the Soviet Union, and Russia allows for a profound understanding of this crucial transformation. --Louise Shelley, Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center, George Mason University<p><br> A unique and engaging account of policing challenges in the early years of Russia's economic transition, when conceptions of legal business activity, in both law and public opinion, failed to keep up with new business practices. --Peter H. Solomon Jr., University of Toronto<p><br>

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Gilles Favarel-Garrigues is a researcher at CERI Sciences Po, Paris, specialising in law enforcement in Russia and global campaigns against transnational crime.

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