Materials on the Russian Economic Crisis

Here are some links to web sites that have interesting materials on the Russian economic crisis:

Russia in Crisis (MSNBC)

Russian Financial Crisis (Yahoo)

Interfax News Agency

Crisis in Russia (CNN Interactive)


Some other articles:

Russia: What Went Wrong? ,  by Clifford Gaddy and Barry W. Ickes, forthcoming in Analysis of Current Events.

Here is an article about the Russian currency crisis by two economists from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.

David Lipton's testimony on Russia before the House Banking General Oversight and Investigations
Subcommittee (9/98)

An article on Russia's oligarchs: "Bankers' Wars in Russia, Trophies and Wounds", by Natalia Dinello.

An article by Paul Krugman, "The Other Bear Market: The run on Russia," from Slate Magazine (subscription required)

An article from The Economist on  "How do they survive?"

An article from The New York Times, on Norilsk, entitled Siberia's Latest Challenge: Capitalism.

Stanley Fischer on "Reforming World Finance: Lessons From a Crisis" from The Economist (October 3-9, 1998).


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This page was prepared by Barry W. Ickes
Last updated: September 26, 1998
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