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This article shows that after the collapse of the USSR the post-socialist countries all followed a similar path: after the transformation fall in social production they are now in the stage of growth. Moreover, this does not depend on particular circumstances connected with, for example, the...

The paper by John Odling-Smee and Gonsalo Paster (2002) has provided new insights on the political dimensions of the IMF's stand on the ruble zone. These political issues are discussed in the general context of the early reforms in the former Soviet states and more specifically they are...