Who is to Blame for Russia's Economic Problems?


% Respondents Assigning Blame to Each Category

Government                              73
Breakup of USSR                         66
Promoters of reforms                    66
Mafia                                   66
Nomenklatura                            65
President                               64
Gaidar                                  60
Local government                        59
Russian people                          49
Current (1994) parliament               44    
Communists                              41
Businessmen                             38
Foreign governments                     21
Capitalists                             19
Jews                                     8
Workers                                  7
Source: New Russia Barometer Survey (1994), from the World Bank periodical, Transition: The Newsletter About Reforming Economies.

This article is from the September 1994 issue of
Civil Society ... East and West

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