Sale of the Century: The Inside Story of the Second Russian Revolution

Always something of an enigma to Westerners, Russia has become a veritable paradox in the decade following its transformation from communism to capitalism. In Sale of the Century , journalist Chrystia Freeland offers a riveting bird’s-eye view of this conversion that should prove fascinating to everyone still hoping to do business there… In well-written first-person accounts, Freeland goes on to describe how scrappy entrepreneurs made overnight fortunes and then lost them just as quickly to widespread corruption and the 1998 Russian stock market crash. By the end of the 1990s… —Howard Rothman. More details on Amazon
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• • bsky .app/profile/andersaslund.bsky.social/post/3m3y4qmgbpc2u (‘ ‬📜Anders Åslund : Ukraine & the Ukrainians will not give up. For them, Russia’s war of aggression is existential. Their choice is to fight or flee their land. For Russia this is just a wasteful war. It is existential only for one man: Putin. The natural end to Putin’s war is that he loses power. ‘)
  • bsky .app/profile/youranoncentral.bsky.social/post/3m3vuirftws2v (‘ Wait until he starts dismantling and selling off the states, one by one. Neither. The US is being dismantled and sold for parts. We’ve been telling you this was coming for years and even now that it is clearly happening, media pretend it is stupidity or carelessness. #OrangeMonday #BlackMonday #TrumpTariffs #3E ‘)
  • bsky .app/profile/chrystia-freeland.bsky.social/post/3ljdlwzd3g223 (‘ It cannot be the sole duty of democracies and their citizens or of the brave people of Ukraine to pay for Putin’s war of aggression. “Il ne peut incomber uniquement aux démocraties et à leurs citoyennes et citoyens, ni au courageux peuple ukrainien, de payer pour la guerre d’agression de Poutine. ” ‘)
  • bsky .app/profile/united24media.com/post/3m3x4lkothf2g (‘ OSINT analysts exposed a Russian propagandist’s ties to a Kremlin-backed disinformation network and a past job at a US defense contractor. Here’s what we know… Oct. 24, 2025 ‘)
  • bsky .app/profile/united24media.com/post/3m3wceslw742u (‘ Russian forces attacked Kherson this morning, killing one🕯️ and injuring at least 14, local authorities report. Oct. 24, 2025 ‘)
  • bsky .app/profile/united24media.com/post/3m3wxyf26ag2m (‘ ⚡ Zelenskyy: Putin aims to create a humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine this winter. Oct. 24, 2025 ‘)
  • bsky .app/profile/echamp.bsky.social/post/3m3y5pmyzvs2i (‘ 📹Eric Champnella :Don’t look away: Outside Oakland, CA, a peacefully protesting pastor was shot in the face with a tear gas projectile. In Chicago, IL, a peacefully protesting pastor was also shot in the head with a projectile. Resist. Before it’s too late. ‘)

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