Loans for shares scheme
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loans-for-shares-scheme-181-17032354
title:
Loans for shares scheme
text:
Beginning in 1995, Boris Yeltsin's government began privatizing state-owned shares in companies through a loans for shares scheme. The scheme helped with "fundraising" for Yeltsin's 1996 reelection campaign and restructuring freshly-sold companies at the same time. Russian bankers constituted the majority of those who have provided the funds. The rest included such entities as Stolichny bank and World Bank and even some targeted investments from USAID in assistance to Chubais. The scheme was pri
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Russian fraudulent privatization scheme
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loans_for_shares_scheme
date created:
2018-01-27T15:33:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T01:48:02Z
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