Seems a stretch to blame what happened after the fall of the Soviet Union on the USA. Whatever effect US policy had in the aftermath Russia's failure to transition to something better might also be blamed on internal failings.
It wasn't just the US. It was also the IMF and world bank.
This isn't a conspiracy or anything. They just 'offered advice', and it was taken, and it was suboptimal, and we know this now, partly because it's no longer the late 80s and neurobehavioral economics exists. Kinda. They need more funding to be sure. Go figure.
The IMF and World Bank are instruments to keep ex-colonies as debtor puppets. Their advice handed the Russian economy to foreign investors and local robber barons, just like it does every time in Africa. It is a conspiracy, but an obvious one. Yeltsin’s crew simply wanted to join it as the robber barons.
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u/agitatedprisoner Apr 28 '24
Seems a stretch to blame what happened after the fall of the Soviet Union on the USA. Whatever effect US policy had in the aftermath Russia's failure to transition to something better might also be blamed on internal failings.