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The so-called voucher privatization program of 1992–1994 enabled a handful of young men to become billionaires, specifically by arbitraging the vast difference between old domestic prices for Russian commodities (such as natural gas and oil) and the prices prevailing on the world market.
Boris Abramovich Berezovsky (Russian: Борис Абрамович Березовский, Hebrew: בוריס ברזובסקי; 23 January 1946 – 23 March 2013), [5] [6] also known as Platon Elenin, [7] was a Russian business oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Boris Johnson walks on a street of war-hit Kyiv along Zelenskyy on 10 April 2022. Johnson condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and ensured the UK joined in international sanctions on Russian banks and oligarchs. [24] He later announced the UK would phase out Russian oil by the end of 2022. [25]
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- ousted by ethics scandals just three months ago -- jockeyed to make a comeback Friday as one of several contenders seeking to replace Liz Truss ...
Conservative grievances with Mr Johnson stretched back much further than the most recent row over the handling of claims against Chris Pincher.
The Thursday edition of the Evening Standard newspaper leads with the story that Boris Johnson has resigned as leader of the Conservative Party. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images) (JUSTIN TALLIS ...
Vertically integrated companies were created by joining some oil-producing enterprises and refineries into open-stock companies. Starting in 1994 many former state oil companies were privatized. This privatization had been partial because the federal government had obtained ownership positions in several companies and had also retained full ...
Public disquiet over the events led to a decline in public support for Boris Johnson, the government and the Conservatives. [ 24 ] In May 2022, another round of local elections took place, resulting in big gains for the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats, and losses for the Conservatives, including the councils of Westminster and Wandsworth ...