The International Economic Crisis And The Post-soviet States Journal Of Communist Studies And Transition Politics

Edited By Valentina Feklyunina And Stephen White. This Book Was Published As A Special Issue Of The Journal Of Communist Studies And Transition Politics--p. [i]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. At first, it seemed as if the international financial crisis that broke out in 2008 would have little effect in Russia and the other post-Soviet states. But, by the end of the year, growth was slowing, banks were reluctant to lend, share values had collapsed and unemployment was rising inexorably. The stability of the Putin leadership, it appeared, had been built on the turnaround in economic performance that it had managed to achieve over more than a decade. How would it cope with a sudden reversal? In Ukraine, living standards fell even more sharply. In Belarus, there were fewer obvious sign This book examines the impact of the international economic crisis that began in 2008 for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, and of the implications of the crisis for these countries and the wider world.Itwas published as a special issue of the Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, now known as East European Politics.