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Wheel of fortune : the battle for oil and power in Russia

Gustafson, Thane, author

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The Russian oil industry - which vies with Saudi Arabia as the world's largest producer and exporter of oil, providing nearly 12 percent of the global supply - is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through the Russian economy and worldwide. Wheel of Fortune provides an authoritative account of this vital industry from the last years of communism to its uncertain future. Tracking the interdependence among Russia's oil industry, politics, and economy, Thane Gustafson shows how the stakes extend beyond international energy security to include the potential threat of a destabilized Russia. Gustafson, a leading consultant and analyst of the politics of energy in the former Soviet Union, draws on interviews with key players over the course of two decades to provide a detailed history of the oil industry's evolution since the breakup of the Soviet Union. At its center is the complex and fraught relationship between the oil industry and the state, which loosened its grip under Yeltsin only to tighten it again under Putin.

• Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
• Subject: Petroleum industry and trade Russia (Federation) / Petroleum industry and trade Political aspects Russia (Federation) / Petroleum industry and trade Government policy Russia (Federation)
• ISBN: 9780674975378, 0674975375

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HD9575.R82 G87 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE