Russian Business Power: The Role of Russian Business in Foreign and Security Relations (Routledge Transnational Crime and Corruption)

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has developed a powerful business community and a potent network of transnational organized groups. __Russian Business Power__ explores the powerful impact these new actors are having on the evolution of the Russian state and its foreign behaviour. Unlike other books, which focus either on Russia's foreign and security policy, or on the evolution of Russian business, legal and illegal, within the context of Russia's domestic transition, this book considers how far Russia's foreign and security policy is shaped by business. It considers a wide range of issues, including energy, the arms trade, international drug flows, and human trafficking, and examines the impact of Russian business in Russia's dealings with Western and Eastern Europe, the Caspian, the Caucasus and the Far East. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Figures......Page 10 Maps......Page 11 Tables......Page 12 Contributors......Page 13 Acknowledgments......Page 17 Abbreviations......Page 18 Part I: Introduction......Page 20 1. Russian business power as a source of transnational con.ict and cooperation......Page 22 2. The role of business in Russian foreign and security relations......Page 41 Part II: Russian energy: Regional power and dependency......Page 64 3. Russian energy companies and the enlarged European Union......Page 66 4. Russian energy companies in the new Eastern Europe: The cases of Ukraine and Belarus......Page 86 5. Russian energy companies in the Caspian and Central Eurasian region: Expanding southward......Page 107 6 Russia, Iraq, and Iran: Business, politics, or both?......Page 133 7. Russian and transnational energy companies: Conflict and cooperation in Pacific Russian......Page 152 Part III: Beyond energy: Emerging business networks and human security......Page 174 8. Russian business, the arms trade, and regional security......Page 176 9. Russian banks and Russian diplomacy: Occasionally rather embarrassing......Page 194 10. The drug trade in Russia......Page 215 11. Uncharted territory: Russian business activity in Abkhazia and South Ossetia......Page 236 12 Timber in the Russian Far East and potential transborder con.ict......Page 258 Index......Page 279 Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has developed a powerful business community and a potent network of transnational organized groups. This book explores the powerful impact these new actors are having on the evolution of the Russian state and its foreign behaviour. Edited By Andreas Wenger, Jeronim Perović And Robert W. Orttung. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.