This issue of iProblems of Economic Transition/i focuses on three broad themes. The first deals with the dynamics between economics (policy and performance) and politics in Russia. In some ways, we have dealt with this topic before. The articles that come to mind focus on the content of the...

As this issue of iProblems of Economic Transition/i goes to press, the Russian government has once again suffered a major setback. This time, several senior officials and prominent reformers were sacked or demoted for their involvement in a scandal involving large ($90,000) advance payments for...

This issue of iProblems of Economic Transition/i continues our detailed examination of Russian economic policy for the 1995-97 period, begun in the January 1996 issue. In particular, this issue concludes the publication of the Russian government's Program: "Reforms and Development of the Russian...

This issue of iProblems of Economic Transition/i continues an examination of two major sets of interrelated questions: the reform debate in Russia and industrial restructuring. Serious questions of reform and direction of policy are taken up in articles that focus on conversion, foreign arms...