This volume offers a multi-author survey and analysis of economic developments in the Russian Federation since the collapse of Communism and the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1989-91. It covers the period 1991--98 and in some areas extends to 1999-2000. About the Author: Brigitte Granville is Head of the International Economics Programme, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, and Director of CAIS, Moscow. Peter Oppenheimer is Fellow of Christ Church, University of Oxford, where he was previously Tutor in Economics. Since April 2000 he has been President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.