We trace the rise of the so called oligarchs in post-Soviet Russia and examine their relationship to income … distribution in Russia. When Russia moved to a market economy in the 1990s a new business elite evolved. Russia's distinctive path …

into a market-oriented economy. This paper offers a comprehensive study of inequality and mobility patterns for Russia …

Russia offers the unique example of a leading centrally planned economy swiftly transforming itself into a market …-oriented economy. We offer a comprehensive study of inequality and mobility patterns for Russia, using multiple rounds of the Russian …

, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Russia, and South Africa. I created an income package to include a variety of income definitions based …

of the Communist parties in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia and their children. Using the individual …-level survey data, we show that there are striking differences between Russia and the CEE countries in this respect. While in the … rest of the population, in Russia former CPSU members do not exhibit stronger preferences for redistribution - at the same …