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#Shock-Therapy

Events indexed under #Shock-Therapy — 9 entries in the record.

9 events From Dec 1, 1991 To Aug 17, 1998 Open in filter view →

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Date	Event	Lanes	Status
1998-08-17	Russia Defaults on Debt and Abandons Ruble Defense: Largest Sovereign Default in History Caps Decade of Economic Devastation 4 src Boris Yeltsin · International Monetary Fund · Russian Government		confirmed
1997-09-01	USAID Cancels Harvard Russia Project After Discovering Shleifer and Hay Used Insider Positions to Profit from Russian Investments 4 src United States Agency for International Development · Lawrence Summers		confirmed
1995-11-17	Russia's Loans-for-Shares Auctions Transfer Major State Enterprises to Yeltsin-Aligned Bankers at Fraction-of-Value Prices, Creating the Oligarch Class 12 src Boris Yeltsin · Anatoly Chubais · Vladimir Potanin · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · +2		confirmed
1995-11-01	Russia's 'Loans-for-Shares' Auctions Transfer $100 Billion in State Assets to Oligarchs for Pennies on the Dollar 4 src Boris Yeltsin · Vladimir Potanin · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · Boris Berezovsky · +2		confirmed
1995-04-01	IMF Approves $6.8 Billion Russia Loan With Structural Adjustment Conditions: Second Largest Loan in IMF History Fails to Stabilize Economy 4 src International Monetary Fund · Boris Yeltsin · Bill Clinton · World Bank · +1		confirmed
1992-10-01	Russia Begins Mass Voucher Privatization: 148 Million Citizens Given Certificates Worth 'Two Volga Cars' That Become Worthless 7 src Anatoly Chubais · Boris Yeltsin · Russian Government		confirmed
1992-01-02	Russia Launches 'Shock Therapy' Economic Reforms: Price Liberalization Triggers 2,520% Inflation and Economic Collapse 5 src Boris Yeltsin · Harvard University · International Monetary Fund · Russian Government		confirmed
1992-01-01	Harvard Receives $40 Million USAID Contract to Advise Russia's Economic Transition: 'Harvard's Blank Check from Uncle Sam' 10 src Lawrence Summers · United States Agency for International Development · Anatoly Chubais		confirmed
1991-12-01	Harvard's Sachs Becomes Yeltsin Economic Advisor After 'Grand Bargain' for Soviet Support Rejected by Bush Administration 4 src Boris Yeltsin · George H.W. Bush · Harvard University		confirmed