economics
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As the reformation of the USSR was becoming a reality, Russia's economy was
crumbling beneath it. Russia began its economic challenge of perestroika in the
1980's. The Russian people wanted economic security and freedom, while the
government was trying to obtain democracy. The previous management styles
needed to be changed along with the way that most businesses in Russia operated.
The Russian Federation consists of 17,075,400 square km, which is roughly
76.2 percent of the former USSR, and covers about 12 percent of the earth's land
surface. The Russian Federation's population in 1991 was 147.3 million (Smith,
A., 7).
During the 1980's the Russian government started a reformation process
called "perestroika," meaning restructuring (Aganbegyan, 1)...